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Will Iraq Be Caught In The Crossfire Of Trump’s Iran Policy?
...litary withdrawal in 2011. The already precarious balancing act facing the Iraqi government has become yet more difficult over the last year due to the involvement of Iraqi Shia militias in Iran’s coordinated ‘axis of resistance’ attacks on Israel. The US has also grown wary of Iran’s interlocking ec...
Volume: 67Issue: 47Published at Fri, 22 Nov 2024 -
Libya Instability Back With A Vengeance With Half Output Shut In
...untry in fear for their lives. Mr Kabir had, at least until recently, been a well-respected and long-standing governor: almost uniquely among Libyan officials the veteran had been in the post for the whole of Libya’s post-revolutionary period, since 2011. When Mr Kabir’s position came under threat ea...
Volume: 67Issue: 35Published at Fri, 30 Aug 2024 -
Cairo Wary But Silent As Ethiopia Fills Contentious Dam
...ates.” Instead, Egypt proposed the replacement of the article with “…not to adversely affect the water security and current uses and rights of any other Nile Basin state.” While six countries (Ethiopia, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya) did sign the CFA between 2010 and 2011, Kenya’s pa...
Volume: 67Issue: 30Published at Fri, 26 Jul 2024 -
Kuwait: Former PM Appointed New Crown Prince
...reign minister (2011-2019). He is the first crown prince to have been appointed after previously serving as prime minister, with the two positions having been joined until 2003. The separation of the posts of prime minister and crown prince has often been blamed for encouraging opposition MPs to ch...
Volume: 67Issue: 23Published at Fri, 07 Jun 2024 -
Kuwait’s Emir Suspends Parliament;Can He Quell Tumultuous Divisions?
...position figures, including former MPs who were involved in the 2011 storming of parliament, in addition to those jailed or stripped of citizenship for state-security and terrorism-related charges. On 10 May, he doubled down saying “those who were convicted of treason were set free…I will never allow this to...
Volume: 67Issue: 20Published at Fri, 17 May 2024 -
Egypt’s New Capital In Spotlight As Spending Priorities Shift
...oject. In 2011, millions of Egyptians occupied the streets of Cairo and its iconic Tahrir square, with mass marches reaching the presidential palace and eventually forcing then-president Hosni Mubarak to resign. With Sisi having taken power in 2013 following a period of Islamist-flavored quasi-democracy, hi...
Volume: 67Issue: 20Published at Fri, 17 May 2024