Francis Ghiles

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

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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
Hassen Chalghoumi (L), Imam of the municipal Drancy mosque in Seine-Saint-Denis, greets Paris’ rabbi Moshe Sebbag (C) at the Ghriba Synagogue on the Tunisian resort island of Djerba . (AFP)
El Ghriba offers rare example of religious tolerance for Muslims, Christians and Jews
May 12, 2018
The cover of Alexander Bevilacqua’s “The Republic of Arabic Letters.”
When Islam met Western enlightenment
May 05, 2018
Iranian President Hassan Rohani listens to explanations on new nuclear achievements in Tehran, on April 9. (Iranian Presidency)
To scrap the Iran deal would hurt European interests, stir up tensions
April 28, 2018
French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and US President Donald Trump in Paris, last July. (AP)
Can Macron steer Trump?
April 21, 2018
Examining West’s history of ambivalence towards Muslim Brotherhood
April 07, 2018
Cover of Robert Irwin’s “Ibn Khaldun: An Intellectual Biography.”
Rediscovering Ibn Khaldun, a pioneering Arab medieval mind
March 24, 2018
Italian ambassador in Cyprus Andrea Cvallari (R), Israel’s Energy minister Yuval Steinitz (2nd R), Greece’s Energy minister Giorgos Stathakis (2nd L) and Cyprus’ energy minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis (L) shake hands after their talks in Nicosia, last December. (AP)
Natural gas in eastern Mediterranean fuels increasing tensions
March 17, 2018
People carry vegetable baskets inside a camp for migrant minors in Catania. (AFP)
Election results will make life even more miserable for Italy’s illegal migrants
March 10, 2018
A French soldier checks the IMEI number of a mobile phone during a regional anti-insurgent operation in Inaloglog in Mali, last October. (Reuters)
No clear prospect for getting out of the Sahel quagmire
March 03, 2018
A policeman looks at screens in a video-surveillance suite in a police station at Les Halles in Paris, last October. (AFP)
Europeans face unprecedented challenge over return of ISIS fighters
February 24, 2018
Anti-Erdogan protesters, one holding a banner reading Truth and Justice, demonstrate in Paris, on January 5. (AP)
Turkey is following footsteps of Russia and China in policing diaspora
February 17, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi following a news conference in Cairo, last December. (AFP)
The implications of Egypt’s more assertive foreign policy
February 03, 2018
Leviathan. Iranian President Hassan Rohani (C) attends the inauguration of a newly built extension of the port of Chabahar in south-eastern Iran, last December. (AP)
Tehran cracking down on IRGC’s business networks
January 26, 2018