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 August 4, 2017. Tags: Brexit, catalonia, Economics, European Central Bank, European Union, Independence Referendum, Politics, spain, Trade, United Kingdom
Image by David Tubau (Energético) One year on from the Brexit vote, Europe’s economy faces yet another monumental challenge in the shape of the Catalan independence referendum. There are doubts as to whether the referendum will go ahead; a referendum on independence was held in 2014, but after the Spanish constitutional court anhttp:\/\/global-politics.co.uked it, the […]
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Posted in Economic Security, Economics, European Union, Global Economy, World
Posted on December 22, 2015. Tags: 20D, Ciudadanos, Corruption, Elections, Iglesias, Indignados, Liberal Democrats, podemos, Popular Party, PP, PSOE, Rajoy, Rivera, Sanchez, Socialists, spain
20D will go down in Spanish history. 20th of December – the Spanish write all of their most important dates in this manner – was the first time voters rejected the duopoly that had governed the country since democracy was reintroduced in 1975. For 40 years power in Spain has been held by either the […]
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Posted in Economics, Europe, Global Economy, World
Posted on February 11, 2015. Tags: austerity, bloco esquerda, greece, left bloc, left-wing, podemos, portugal, socialism, spain, syriza
It has been a tumultuous month in European politics. As Greek debt negotiations dominate the headlines, the resurgent left-wing in many European countries waits with baited breath in the realisation that the popularity of their movements may rest on what happens in Athens. It is interesting, however, that while the radical left has enjoyed a […]
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Posted in Economics, Europe, Global Economy, World