Francis Ghiles

Francis Ghiles is an associate fellow at the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs.

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A worker wearing a protective suit disinfects a globe-shaped public garden, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease in Algiers, March 23. (Reuters)
Virus pandemic highlights Algeria’s governance problem
March 28, 2020
A ferry carrying Algerians who left France prepares to dock in Algiers amid a coronavirus outbreak, March 19. (AFP)
Lack of leadership hinders the fight against the coronavirus across the Mediterranean
March 21, 2020
Migrants are on their way to a camp on the Turkish side of the Turkey-Greece border near the Pazarkule crossing gate in Edirne province on March 9. (AFP)
Erdogan tripping up in cross wires of foreign policy contradictions
March 14, 2020
European Commissioner, Margaritas Schinas (R) speaks with French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner during a meeting of EU Interior Ministers in Brussels, March 4. (AP)
Erdogan saves face in Moscow but remains trapped in his own policies
March 07, 2020
International connections. A 2009 file photo of late Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. (AP)
Looking back at Mubarak's legacy
February 27, 2020
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (3rd R) receives Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (2nd L) in Brussels, February 17. (DPA)
Why the Atlantic alliance is wary of Trump’s call for expanding military role to the Middle East
February 22, 2020
Algeria’s Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad addresses the National Assembly in the capital Algiers on February 11. (AFP)
In Algeria, post-Bouteflika aftershocks continue to resonate
February 15, 2020
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R), Turkish President President Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R), US President Donald Trump (2nd L) and French President Emmanuel Macron (3rd R) at the NATO leaders summit in Watford, Britain, last December. (Reuters)
Can Turkey maintain its agressive foreign policy towards NATO and European Union?
February 08, 2020
The logo of the state energy company Sonatrach is pictured at the headquarters in Algiers, Algeria November 20, 2019. (Reuters)
Algeria’s Sonatrach scandal is a test case for new president
February 01, 2020
Reality check. Demonstrating against the massive canal project in Istanbul, earlier this month. (AP)
Istanbul Canal -- Erdogan's new 'grandiose' project that could turn into a nightmare
January 23, 2020
Uncharted territory. US President Donald Trump speaks during the NATO summit in Watford, England, last December. (AP)
Trump’s NATOME initiative remains a blur
January 18, 2020
In this file photo taken on February 22, 2017, US troops walk as a US C-47 Chinook helicopter flies over the village of Oreij, south of Mosul. (AFP)
Europe is offstage in the Middle East, US unilateralism triumphs
January 11, 2020
Algerian demonstrators carry a national flag during an anti-government rally in Algiers, January 3. (Reuters)
New civilian, military leaderships in Algeria but old obsession with plots
January 04, 2020
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a ceremony in Ankara, December 30. (Turkish Presidency via DPA)
List of Turkey’s friends shrinks as Erdogan pursues aggressive policies
January 03, 2020
Libya's UN-recognised Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj holds a cabinet meeting in the Libyan capital Tripoli on December 19, 2019. (AFP)
Turkey’s dangerous game in the Eastern Mediterranean
December 21, 2019
At a crossroads. Mohamed Chorfi, president of the independent electoral authority, announces the results of Algeria’s presidential election during a news conference in Algiers, December 13.(AFP)
Many questions for Tebboune to answer
December 14, 2019
Blindspot. Demonstrators carry banners and flags during a protest rejecting the December presidential election in Algiers, November 26.(Reuters)
Why Algerian protests are absent from international news
November 30, 2019
Algerian protesters hold a placard as they take part in an anti-government demonstration in the Algiers, November 22. (AFP)
Algerian Army losing legitimacy as protest movement drags on
November 23, 2019
Santiago Abascal, leader of far-right Vox Party, waves to supporters as fireworks go off outside the party headquarters after the announcement of the general election first results in Madrid, November 10. (AP)
Vox reinvents history to claim ‘Reconquista’ of Spain
November 16, 2019
Demonstrators take to the streets in the capital Algiers to protest against the government and reject the upcoming presidential elections, in Algeria, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. (AP)
Solutions to the Maghreb’s problems must be homegrown
November 09, 2019