A Covid-19 surge and soaring unemployment are challenging Jordan’s King Abdullah II and threatening a government widely seen as incompetent and corrupt.
Articles tagged: ‘Covid-19’
Algeria: four snapshots, four challenges
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailAlgeria today sits at the centre of a Venn diagram of four overlapping and daunting challenges.
ISIS in Ramadan
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailConcern is growing that ISIS will use Ramadan to launch new attacks and expand its military operations in Syria and Iraq.
Once more around the block
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailAs Israel braces for another election, Benjamin Netanyahu has succeeded in tying his Jewish opponents up in knots whilst hamstringing the Arab Joint List and angering Jordan.
MENA economies post-pandemic
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailOnce the Covid-19 pandemic is safely behind us, opportunities and challenges alike abound for MENA with the region’s biggest asset its youth demographic and biggest challenge the empowerment of the private sector.
Gulf Economies Need a Transformed Role for the State
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailThe GCC may be dealing with the pandemic but COVID-19 hasn’t altered the economic challenges facing the Gulf, rather it has reaffirmed them.
Egypt’s regional economic clout threatened by major infrastructure projects
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailFast moving post-Covid infrastructure developments in the region are threatening Egypt’s soft power and revenue; a proposed new global internet traffic corridor would bypass Egypt altogether. Cairo has to move quickly to head off the competition.
Resurgent Covid hits Dubai hard
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailThe Gulf city-state of Dubai thought it had put the Covid pandemic back in a box; the virus thought otherwise.
Mauritania leads in a tough neighbourhood
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailSummary: Mauritania is hopeful that its leading role will take G5 Sahel to prosperity but the road to get there is strewn with economic, environmental and security challenges.
Israel encroaches deeper into East Jerusalem
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailIsrael continues to expand its control of East Jerusalem through residential, industrial and tourism projects that will force thousands of Palestinians from their homes and businesses.