by Ghazi Ben Ahmed | Mar 30, 2026 | Economy, MENA (Middle East & North Africa), News, Politics
Brent crude settled at $79.45 on March 1 — before the strike on the Ras Tanura refinery operated by Saudi Aramco, before major shipping lines suspended transit through the Strait of Hormuz, and before mounting security alerts signaled that this narrow waterway –...
by Ghazi Ben Ahmed | Mar 30, 2026 | News
Dear fellow citizens, devoted patriots, As we enter the new year of 2026, my dearest wish is for the salvation of our homeland. Tunisia stands at a crossroads: we must, above all, save it from bankruptcy, but also rid it of the poison of hatred and polarisation that...
by Ghazi Ben Ahmed | Dec 4, 2025 | MENA (Middle East & North Africa), News, Politics
Since independence, Tunisia has continuously sought to define the contours of an identity that is truly its own—both freed from the weight of colonial domination and liberated from reductive interpretations. The notion of “Tunisianity” belongs to this quest: not a...
by Ghazi Ben Ahmed | Apr 20, 2025 | Economy, MENA (Middle East & North Africa), News
With Donald Trump’s return to the White House, Arab powers are racing to secure Washington’s favor. From Riyadh to Abu Dhabi, regional giants are pledging massive U.S. investments—$600 billion from Saudi Arabia, $1.4 trillion over a decade from the UAE—targeting AI,...
by Ghazi Ben Ahmed | Nov 25, 2024 | International, News, Politics
Lors de son premier mandat, Donald Trump a quitté l’accord nucléaire de 2015 (JCPOA) et lancé une campagne de “pression maximale” contre l’Iran. Bien que les sanctions aient lourdement frappé l’économie iranienne, elles n’ont pas réussi à obtenir un nouvel accord ni à...
