Francis Ghiles

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

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Political tremors. French president Emmanuel Macron attends a meeting, December 22. (AFP)
A weaker Macron is good news to European populists
January 12, 2019
Cover of Sumantra Bose’s “Secular States, Religious Politics: India, Turkey and the Future of Secularism.”
Why Turkey’s authoritarian drift is unlikely in India
January 05, 2019
Spain’s far-right Vox party leader Santiago Abascal (C-R) speaks during a news conference in Seville, December 3. (Reuters)
Andalusia earthquake hits Spanish politics
December 08, 2018
Shifting dynamics. A general view of the Zawiya oil installation in Libya. (AFP)
Prospects for Libyan oil improve
December 01, 2018
A ship carrying Chinese military personnel departs a port in Zhanjiang as it prepares to sail to Djibouti. (Xinhua)
Russia, China tussle reflects struggle for influence in the region
November 03, 2018
Growing partnership. Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan (C) attends a memorial ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem, on October 24. (AP)
Guess who Israel’s second largest trading partner is — China
October 27, 2018
People dressed in traditional Bavarian clothes cast their votes for regional elections at a polling station in Neukirchen in southern Germany, on October 14. (AFP)
Bavaria vote augurs no change in migration policies
October 20, 2018
A supporter of the Muslim Uighur minority protests to denounce China’s treatment of ethnic Uighurs in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, last July 5. (AFP)
China’s Middle East policy runs into problems
October 13, 2018
Workers walk past the In Amenas gas plant south-east of Algiers. (AFP)
Iberian gas link has strategic implications for Maghreb, EU
October 13, 2018
French President Emmanuel Macron (C) walks next to Michele Audin, daughter of late Maurice Audin, as he leaves the home of Josette Audin, widow of Audin in Bagnolet, on September 13. (AFP)
Being honest with history can help France and others build a better future
September 22, 2018
Prime Minister and leader of the Social Democrat party Stefan Lofven waves at an election party in Stockholm, on September 9. (AP)
Swedish elections show face of ‘new Europe’, leave politics deadlocked
September 15, 2018
Tunisian smugglers unload barrels of oil illegally imported from Libya to Tunisia in Ben Guerdane. (AFP)
The informal sector plays an important but unrecognised role in the Maghreb
September 15, 2018
People attend a demonstration against racism in front of the state agency of the German state of Saxony in Berlin, on August 31. (AP)
Intolerance in Europe is destroying trust in Mediterranean region
September 01, 2018
A file picture shows US soldiers taking position near a hut during a combined training exercise with Senegalese troops. (AFP)
AU summit reflects fractured state of Africa
July 21, 2018
Changing moods. French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and US President Donald Trump at the end of their joint news conference in Washington, last April. (Reuters)
Trump’s ‘disruptive’ approach rattles traditional allies
June 30, 2018
Tougher line. (L-R) Italian, Austrian and German police officers stand together during a tri-national border routine check, on June 15. ( Reuters)
Unhappy days for the EU, the Mediterranean and Africa
June 23, 2018
Workers of the Centrale Danone company protest against the boycott of the brand, on June 5. (Reuters)
Boycotts in Morocco an expression of discontent helped by social media
June 16, 2018
A French soldier of an anti-insurgent operation in the Sahel stands guard at the Paskal camp at Timbuktu’s airport, last March. (AFP)
Sahel attracts ‘private armies’
June 09, 2018
Rise of populism. Leader of the League party Matteo Salvini speaks to the media at the Quirinal Palace in Rome, on May 21. (Reuters)
Italy’s politics have Euro-Mediterranean ramifications
May 26, 2018
Turkish 50 Lira banknotes. (Reuters)
Turkish voters could pay a heavy price for Erdoganomics
May 19, 2018