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“Today’s Morocco is Not That of the Past”

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

Interview: A Diplomatic View – From the Middle East to Obama’s U.K. Trip

Posted on May 7, 2016. Tags: Barack Obama, Civil Society, Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, Gulf, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, London, Middle East, Nuclear Weapons, Obama, Oil, Palestinian Israeli Conflict, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, U.S. Foreign Policy

I sat down with the U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission for the U.K., Minister Elizabeth Dibble, to discuss the Obama visit, the Middle East and the complex Iran-Saudi relationship. The Obama Visit to the U.K. D.M.: You touched on President Obama’s visit in your talk and what he said about the EU referendum. What for […]

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Posted in Conflict, Interviews, Iran, Israel, Israeli Palestinian Conflict, Middle East, Political Security, Saudi Arabia, Security Issues, Syria, US, World, Yemen

Kurdistan: the Next Epicentre of Regional Instability

Posted on August 30, 2015. Tags: Daesh, Foreign Policy, independence, International Security, Iraq, IS, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, KRG, kurdistan, Middle East, Politics, stability, World

Kurdistan is a nation that encompasses parts of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey, but it is not a state. In post-Saddam Iraq the Kurds have had success in forming a new autonomous Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) with their own military. In July last year, KRG President Masoud Barzani asked his parliament to prepare for an independence referendum. The Kurds have a […]

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Posted in Conflict, Iraq, Middle East, Security Issues, Syria, US, World

Boehner Makes Republicans ‘Tools and Dupes’ of Netanyahu’s Election Campaign

Posted on March 15, 2015. Tags: AIPAC, Charlie Hebdo, Congress, Danish Cartoons, Denmark, Dome of the Rock, Foreign Policy, George Washington, Iran, Islam, Israel, Israel Lobby, J Street, James Madison, Jerusalem, Jewish Voice for Peace, John Boehner, Mecca, Muslims, Netanyahu, Obama, Palestinian Israeli Conflict, Palestinians, Republicans, Shin Bet

This article was first published in The Huffington Post on 3rd March 2015. One of the defining precepts of the American Republic from its earliest days to today has been that the president of the United States represents the country in its dealings with the world. It is a view which the Supreme Court unambiguously […]

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Posted in Iran, Middle East, US, World

Interesting Developments in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Posted on February 6, 2015. Tags: Foreign Policy, Hamas, ICC, International Affairs, International Relations, Israel, Likud, Middle East, Palestine, Palestinian Israeli Conflict, UN

There is a convenient falsehood every time a ceasefire agreement occurs and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict temporarily vanishes from the media. It is the assumption that the conflict has come to a halt and a diplomatic solution brokered by the United States is soon to follow. The truth is that the conflict does not stop, because the status […]

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Posted in Conflict, Middle East, Security Issues, World