Francis Ghiles

Francis Ghiles is a Senior Associate Researcher at the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB). An earlier version of this article was published by CIDOB.

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A police officer stands guard outside the parliament building in Tunis, July 29. (Reuters)
Kais Saied gives Tunisian democracy a second chance
July 31, 2021
A file picture shows French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian holding talks in Algeria’s capital, Algiers. (AFP)
Why the Maghreb is ‘decoupling’ from Europe
June 24, 2021
A file picture shows Algerians taking part in an anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers. (AFP)
The self-parody of Algeria’s leaders
June 02, 2021
Former minister Ahmed Mestiri died May 23, 2021 at the age of 96. (AFP)
Ahmed Mestiri: The greatest president Tunisia never had
May 24, 2021
Deserted dowtown Tunis, amid a general confinement imposed by the authorities in a bid to slow down a surge in coronavirus infections. (AFP)
Tunisian reform script for the IMF offers no future vision
May 11, 2021
A builder works at the construction site of a new building in Tunis, Tunisia. (AFP)
New Tunisian real estate trends reflect changing dynamics
April 30, 2021
A sculpture in Saint-Luis of French general and colonial administrator Louis Faidherbe in Senegal (1818-1889)
Rethinking French imperialism in the nineteenth century
April 09, 2021
People walk in the Medina, in the old city of Tunis, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak. (REUTERS)
Tunisia’s lack of reforms disappoints international creditors
April 01, 2021
A worker at Tunis-Carthage International Airport stands near a TunisAir Airbus A320 aircraft on the tarmac at the airport in the Tunisian capital. (AFP)
Voodoo economics leads Tunisia to the brink
February 26, 2021
A 2018 file picture shows Robert “Rob” Malley, in his office in Washington. (AFP)
Has Robert Malley’s life and career prepared him for his new job?
February 18, 2021
Author Hugh Pope is seen giving a talk titled: “The new Turkey and the old Middle East.” (hughpope.com)
Hugh Pope lifts veil on misconceptions covering the Middle East
January 18, 2021
A 2019 file photo shows a reported foreign pilot whose plane was shot down by troops loyal to Libyan National Army troops, while in custody near Tripoli. (AFP )
Growing reliance on mercenaries spells more chaos in the region
November 17, 2020
A Palestinian woman in Gaza walks past a mural painted by an artist to protest the publications of Prophet Mohammed Cartoons, October 28. (AFP)
In his defence of cartoons, Macron walks a treacherous terrain
November 03, 2020
Algerians walk past campaign billboards ahead of the November referendum, on October 22, in Algiers. (AFP)
Algeria does not need a new constitution
October 26, 2020
A Tunisian man retrieves bank notes from an ATM in the capital Tunis. (AFP)
With dim economic prospects, Tunisia ‘dancing on volcano’
October 20, 2020
A nurse checks a woman’s temperature before a covid-19 test at a military mobile hospital in the town of El-Hamma, in Tunisia’s southwestern Gabes governorate, on August 26. (AFP)
Tunisia’s experience coping with pandemic is worth West’s attention
August 28, 2020
A file picture shows Algerian soldiers standing guard at the Tiguentourine gas complex, in In Amenas, about 1,600 kilometres southeast of the capital. (AFP)
Algeria’s army strengthens hold on power, Hirak fading away
July 27, 2020
Algeria's President Abdelmajid Tebboune observes a moment of silence during a ceremony to lay to rest the remains of 24 resistance fighters, returned from Paris after more than a century and a half. (AFP)
Skulls repatriated to Algeria but history still to be rewritten
July 08, 2020
A 2013 file picture shows an Algerian soldier standing guard at the Tiguentourine gas complex, in In Amenas, about 1,600 kilometres southeast of the capital. (AFP)
Algeria out of the picture in the Libyan crisis and for a reason
June 25, 2020
A demonstrator reacts infront of graffiti on a statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square during a Black Lives Matter protest in London. (AFP)
The West needs a healing focus not a censuring of the past
June 16, 2020