Posted on February 12, 2022. Tags: AfCFTA, African Union, Attijariwafa, Belt and Road, Brazil, Casablanca Finance City, China, Cuba, decolonisation, Elmandjra, FDI, Foreign Policy, Gateway to Africa, Global North, Global South, imperialism, Israel, Kwame Nkrumah, Madrid, morocco, Morocco-Nigeria Gas Pipeline, Nasser Bourita, neo-colonialism, Polisario, positive sum game, pragmatism, Rabat, Rational Choice Theory, Sovereignty, spain, USA
Any follower of Moroccan foreign policy will recognise an unprecedented dynamism and momentum in recent years. The best catchphrase that illustrates this dynamism is the one by Morocco Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita: “maghrib alyawm lays hu maghrib al’ams – [today’s Morocco is not that of the past]”. This expression is argued not only to highlight […]
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Posted in Africa, Global Economy, Middle East, World
Posted on September 23, 2017. Tags: Africa, Brazil, Ebola, global health, ppps, public private partnerships, vaccines, Zika
Earlier this month, French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur announced that it was pulling the plug on its partnership with the US Army to develop two promising new Zika vaccines. A Sanofi representative said they could not continue due to, firstly, a decline in infection rates which reduced the number of people available for clinical trials, and, secondly, […]
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Posted in Africa, Latin America, World