Joe Biden’s term in office, which began with the debacle in Kabul, could well end with a widespread conflict in the Middle East. Between the two,  there was Ukraine, where no one would dare bet on a victory for Kiev and its NATO allies. A month after the conflagration started in Gaza, the Democratic administration […]

The events that have been unfolding in Niamey over the past week are breathtaking. If the situation was not so ominous, it would be comical. How could we have gone in the space of a few hours from a highly predictable purely Nigerien coup to a Cold War episode, with the potential to set Niger […]

The war in Sudan started on April 15. It has been a month that the two generals fighting each other, Al-Burhan and Hemedti, have plunged the country into chaos. The two former accomplices, now enemies, have no intention of ending the fight, each side hoping to win militarily. The conflict is therefore internal, but their […]

One month after the announcement of the Iranian-Saudi peace agreement signed in Beijing, the first signs of appeasement in the Near and Middle East are visible in Lebanon and Syria, with a sustained diplomatic ballet between Arab capitals. After nine years of conflict, Yemen is preparing for peace, with an exchange of prisoners and the […]

Ten days after the agreement signed in Beijing that puts an end to the seven-year freeze on diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, it is still difficult to measure all the consequences. However, it is already certain that this is a major event that will have implications far beyond the Middle East. In a […]

For non-soccer fans, the World Cup in Doha was to be dull, with its litany of expected polemics such as the choice of this country to organize the global event, democracy, human rights, boycott, etc. But nothing happened as expected. The Western narrative was disregarded, the reality of the Arab world escaped from the stands […]

La France est contestée de toutes parts sur le continent au point qu’elle n’a plus de marge de manœuvre. Si elle avance à visage découvert c’est un tollé, si elle avance masquée, elle se fait repérer et c’est pire encore. Le rejet de la politique française – car c’est bien de cela dont il s’agit et non pas de […]

The Sahel has been at war for ten years, but never has the situation been as worrying as it is today, even if there have been dark years like 2019. The reality is such that the collapse of Burkina Faso can be envisaged, while in Mali, its « somalization » continues. Even more seriously, the Islamic State […]

Le Sahel est en guerre depuis dix ans, mais jamais la situation n’a été aussi préoccupante qu’aujourd’hui, même s’il y a eu des années noires comme celle de 2019. La réalité est telle que l’effondrement du Burkina Faso peut être envisagé, quant au Mali, sa «  somalisation  » se poursuit. Beaucoup plus grave encore, l’État islamique se renforce […]

La France est contestée de toutes parts sur le continent au point qu’elle n’a plus de marge de manœuvre. Si elle avance à visage découvert c’est un tollé, si elle avance masquée, elle se fait repérer et c’est pire encore. Le rejet de la politique française – car c’est bien de cela dont il s’agit et non pas de […]

Lors d’une réunion sur le Sahel, en marge de l’Assemblée générale de l’ONU, Antonio Guterres a déclaré : « La communauté internationale doit trouver des solutions audacieuses pour aider la région du Sahel à sortir de la crise sécuritaire, humanitaire et financière qui l’affecte ». Il en faudra des solutions audacieuses pour affronter les temps qui viennent car […]