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A dangerous game: Turkey and the politics of energy

6 November 20206 November 2020Hugh MilesPodcastsAbrahamAccords, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Cyprus, EU, France, Greece, Iran, Israel, Libya, NATO, oil, Palestine, Qatar, Russia, Syria, Turkey, UAE, USA

Arab Digest · A dangerous game: Turkey and the politics of energy

Lebanon’s anguish grows

22 October 2020William LawArab Digest EmailFrance, Hezbollah, Lebanon

With another prime minister gone and Hezbollah blocking the effort to end sectarian government, the people of Lebanon continue to bear a terrible price for the failures of political leadership.

Despite long odds, Iraq weighs up nuclear option in bid to solve energy crisis

6 October 20206 October 2020William LawArab Digest EmailFrance, Iraq

Prime Minister al-Kadhimi, faced with many obstacles in rebuilding Iraq’s nuclear energy programme, gets a boost from the French.

Macron in MENA

11 September 202011 September 2020Hugh MilesPodcastsChad, France, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Niger, Sahel, Turkey, UAE

Arab Digest · Macron In MENA

Lebanon’s path to a failed state

11 August 202010 November 2020William LawArab Digest EmailCovid-19, France, Lebanon, Turkey, USA

In response to the port explosion donor countries are bypassing the government of Prime Minister Hassan Diab.

Lebanon: politicians fiddle as the economy burns

4 August 2020William LawArab Digest EmailCovid-19, France, Lebanon

A key ministerial resignation, a Covid-19 upsurge, an economy headed to ruin and a middle class slamming headfirst into poverty: Lebanon’s disaster unfolds.

Sisi’s line in the sand

23 June 202023 June 2020William LawArab Digest EmailEgypt, France, Iran, Libya, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, USA

Egypt’s President Sisi is threatening military action in support of the warlord Khalifa Haftar as the Tripoli-based GNA seeks to take the key coastal city of Sirte.

Haftar in retreat has consequences for Egypt

8 June 2020William LawArab Digest EmailEgypt, France, Libya, Russia, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA

As his battlefield losses mount Khalifa Haftar is running out of options and he soon may be running out of friends.

Algeria, Tunisia and the war in Libya

26 February 202027 February 2020William LawArab Digest EmailAlgeria, Egypt, France, Jordan, Libya, Russia, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE

Summary: Both Algeria and Tunisia have cause for concern as the war in Libya, fuelled and supported by outside players, continues with no end in sight.

New Algerian president needs to move quickly to end divisions

23 December 2019William LawArab Digest EmailAlgeria, France

The election of Abdelmajid Tebboune will achieve little unless he moves quickly to open up meaningful dialogue aimed at achieving a transition to democracy.