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..

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?

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

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

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.

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..

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

The West African nation of Mali has been in crisis since 2012. That year, a northern separatist rebellion led by members of the Tuareg ethnic group, set in motion a chain of events that reverberates to the present

This article will provide an account of how readmission agreements have been working between Italy and Tunisia in the last few years. Considering available data on the matter, as well as three months’ worth of personal research and interviews with..

Interview with the academic and activist Joseph Daher on his new book on the political economy of the Hezbollah, about sectarianism and protest movements in Western Asia and North Africa.

“Alternative economy in the Arab region : concepts and issues“ by the Arab Forum for Alternatives (AFA) explores, through case studies , existing and possible economic alternatives from different countries (i.e Jemna oasis in Tunisia, Srifa cooperative in Lebanon, Nubaseed..

The publication “Social disparities in the Arab region“ by the Arab Forum for Alternatives (AFA) from Egypt diagnoses social disparities in several countries of North Africa and Western Asia that are characterized by different political paths and specific social contexts..