Book
September 2019

Natural Resource Management: Looting, Waste, Clientelism, and Incompetence

How are the natural resources of the countries in our study managed? In addition to gas and oil, Egypt extracts gypsum, marble, cement, and other resources. Morocco has phosphate, marine fishery, and other resources. In addition to the tremendous tourist..

Interview
September 2019

Interview with Maher Hanin

The following Interview was conducted with the Tunisian political thinker and activist Maher Hanin to speak with him about his latest book The Society of Resistance: Post-Islamism, Post-Bourguibism, Post-Marxism published in cooperation with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation North Africa. In his book, Hanin supports the hypothesis that a society of resistance in Tunisia is breaking with traditional politics of the left. One central aim of Hanin’s book is, therefore, to provide a theoretical reflection on the current political situation in Tunisia and propose ways to deal with it.

Article
September 2019

Manual of procedures for media coverage of elections

Media and content producers play a key role in the electoral process. Citizens at election time must have effective and credible media to understand the mechanisms governing the society’s bets, conduct a thorough and comprehensive review of the electoral process..

Article
June 2019

“I Shall Be”: Essays on reviving and renewing Rosa Luxemburg’s political thought

With this anniversary issue, we hope to revive Luxemburg’s thinking and political action. What can she offer in the face of today’s challenges? In the struggle against the right-wing, the deep crisis of the political and the great weakness of..

Guide
June 2019

The Atlas of Migration

This atlas aims to stimulate a political rethink by showing migration from a different angle. We present a trove of statistics and graphics in order to give a more objective basis to the debate on the left side of the..

Book
April 2019

Development by Free Trade?

After the negotiations between Tunisia and the European Union about a deep and comprehensive free trade agreement (DCFTA) started in Tunis, experts from both sides of the Mediterranean accepted to contribute to this book in order to foster the public..

Article
February 2019

The Left in the Arab Region and the Question of Deficiencies

What does it mean to be a leftist today in our region? Whom and what does the left represent, and what future does it seek or hope for? Does the question of the future trouble it at all?

Research paper
February 2019

Tinder to the fire: Burkina Faso in the conflict zone

This study examines the reasons why northern Burkina has been engulfed by endemic violence since the mid-2010s, in an effort to understand future evolutions and recommend coping and preventive action

Research paper
January 2019

Escalating conflicts in Burkina Faso

In October 2014, a popular uprising in Burkina Faso precipitated a military coup against twenty-seven-year incumbent Blaise Compaoré. After a fourteen-month transition, a failed coup in September 2015, and a presidential election the following month, President Roch Kaboré took office in December 2015

Article
December 2018

Informal Economy in Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco

The following 14 texts seek to answer the question “what does this system produce?”, while discussing all the ramifications of the informal economy in the region at the levels of urbanism, politics and violence, in addition to the economic level.

Article
December 2018

Informal Economy in Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco

The following texts seek to answer the question “what does this system produce?”, while discussing all the ramifications of the informal economy in the region at the levels of urbanism, politics and violence, in addition to the economic level. This..

Research paper
February 2018

Traditional conflict resolution – A way out of the crisis?

Since 2012, Mali has tried hard to move forward out of its worst security and political crisis