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The Disconnect: MENA regimes versus the people they rule over

27 November 2020Hugh MilesPodcastsAlgeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen

Arab Digest · The Disconnect: MENA regimes versus the people they rule over

Iraq: “the band has stopped playing”

25 November 2020William LawArab Digest EmailCovid-19, Iraq, Jordan, KRG, USA

Frank talk from the Iraqi finance minister is a measure of how close to economic catastrophe the country is.

What a second Covid-19 surge means for the Middle East

18 November 2020William LawArab Digest EmailCovid-19, Egypt, GCC, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, Yemen

As Covid-19 continues its alarming march, the Middle East is facing difficult challenges and hard choices.

Young Arabs and the spirit of the revolution

13 November 2020Hugh MilesPodcastsEgypt, Iraq, Sudan, Tunisia

Arab Digest · Young Arabs and the spirit of the revolution

New power paradigms emerge in MENA

9 November 2020William LawArab Digest EmailEgypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE, USA

The “Abraham Accords” are a signal that new alliances are forming rapidly in the Middle East as the US continues its retreat from the region.

Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s hard road

30 October 2020Hugh MilesPodcastsIran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia

Arab Digest · Mustafa Al-Kadhimi's Hard Road

Holding the upper hand in Iraq

15 October 2020William LawArab Digest EmailIran, Iraq, IS, USA

The Iran-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah has declared a truce in Iraq until after the US presidential election as long as the Americans agree to get all their soldiers out.

Media and propaganda in the Arab world

8 October 202013 October 2020William LawArab Digest EmailEgypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia

The absolute control of media space in most Arab states effectively smothers freedom of expression and silences critics and opponents.

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.

Oil: Peak Demand Revisited

28 September 202028 September 2020William LawArab Digest EmailAlgeria, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, oil, Oman, peak oil, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA

A Democrat clean sweep on 3 November would bring all four of the world’s biggest economies more or less into line on reducing emissions, with potentially major implications for peak oil demand.