Research
January 2026

Can China’s Bilateral Currency Swap Agreements Counter the IMF’s Hegemony in Africa?

Part 2: What Lessons for the Economic Sovereignty of Africa and Tunisia ? Abstract: In the first part of this article, we analyzed the monetary tool that is BCS currency swap agreements and attempted to critically assess their potential for..

Research
December 2025

Can China’s Bilateral Currency Swap Agreements Counter the IMF’s Hegemony in Africa?

Part 1 : Lessons for Better African Financial Diversification Economic research paper series, November 2025 Abstract This article analyzes the monetary instrument of bilateral currency swap agreements (BCS) and evaluates their potential for financial diversification. We examine the mechanisms of..

Research
October 2025

Will US tariffs spur pan-Arab economic integration? 

As the global economic system undergoes accelerated and tumultuous changes in 2025,the US administration’s imposition of draconian tariffs on Chinese imports during Donald Trump’s second term in office is a stark expression of the strong-arm tactics driving US trade policy..

Article
September 2025

How U.S. Monetary Policy Sustains Imperial Power and Drives Class Struggle

How U.S. Monetary Policy Sustains Imperial Power and Drives Class Struggle A Critical Analysis of the Trump–Powell Standoff and Fed Hegemony Introduction: The Trump-Powell Standoff as a Window into Systemic Conflict The publicly heated disputes between U.S. President Donald Trump..

Article
September 2025

Egypt’s Workers, Back on the Front Line?

In the second week of September, a two-day strike and plant-gate sit-in at The Nile Linen Group in Alexandria forced management and officials from the Labor Ministry to concede to a package of demands after an infant died in her..

Article
September 2025

Seeds of Dependency: The Silent War on Food Sovereignty in Tunisia

On his small farm in the region of Zaghouan, a 70-year-old farmer stands before a wooden box inherited from his father. The box holds small cloth bags, each containing seeds of crops that have been cultivated for decades on the..

Article
April 2025

The Backfire Effect: Trump’s Tariffs and the Rise of the Global South

When President Trump imposed “reciprocal tariffs” on April 2nd, framed as a “liberation day” for American workers, he inadvertently launched something far bigger: the Global South’s emancipation from economic vassalage.   The self-inflicted wound   While Trump’s declared intention was..

Book
April 2025

Seeds at risk: Global struggle for control over food

The Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung proudly announces a new joint publication, Seeds at Risk, which highlights the vital role of seeds as the heart of agriculture, forming the foundation of our food systems and food access. Through a collection of articles,..

April 2025

Seeds at risk: Global struggle for control over food

Seeds at risk: Global struggle for control over food   Seeds are crucial to food systems as they house the genetic information that shapes crop traits and yields. The vast diversity of seeds available today is the result of thousands..

Research
April 2025

The Green Hydrogen Gamble: Assessing the Risks and Realities of Large-Scale Production in North Africa

The Green Hydrogen Gamble: Assessing the Risks and Realities of Large-Scale Production in North Africa   Introduction:   Numerous international agreements, including the Paris Agreement, aim to address the climate crisis. The European Green Deal, which targets climate neutrality by..

December 2024

Olfa Belhassine | Tunisian female textile workers: the rejects of Fast fashion

Tunisian Textile Workers: The Forgotten Ones of Fast Fashion Discover the challenges faced by Tunisian textile workers with Olfa Belhassine: harsh working conditions, precarity, and violence, as well as the economic impact and ongoing changes.

November 2024

Call for applications for Short Fiction and Documentary Filmmakers and Investigative Journalists

𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒.   “Views on Climate Crisis and a just collapse in North Africa” The development, production or post-production of short Fictions / documentaries   The Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, North Africa office, launches the..