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Why has the Tunisian Political Transition Deviated from its Initial Course?

Tunisia's democratic transition, which had raised great hopes in the Arab world, has failed to keep its promise. Since July 25, 2021, the country's new strongman, Kais Saïed, has dismantled the…

112. A Break in the Clouds over Yemen

The current rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran could promote peace in Yemen. Much depends on the seriousness of the actors involved

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Fit for Future? – A Global Digital Compact for Gender Justice

The Global Digital Compact – one of the most ambitious agendas on the new roadmap for a reinvigorated global multilateralism of the UN – intents to outline shared principles to guide the future of…

114. The Ongoing Struggle for Bread and Roses

This article revisits the History of Women’s Day in the world and the MENA region and calls for the re-politicization of IWD.

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FES and the IFI bring together experts from and beyond the MENA-region to discuss the effects of global developments on the region in Beirut

The Regional Peace & Security Project in Beirut, together with its partner IFI (Issam Fares Institute at the American University of Beirut) organized the first edition of the Beirut Security Debates…

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IMF Growth Forecasting and Debt Sustainability in the MENA region

The economic and fiscal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a drastic deterioration of the debt situation in developing countries.

117. How Consumer Patriarchy Succeeds in Fooling us Every Time

Whenever I grow tired of the heated Twitter discussions, I flee to Instagram to hide there for a while.

118. Letting the Fox into the Henhouse

Oil boss Al Jaber has been appointed president of the next climate conference. Still, we should not boycott the COP but redouble our climate efforts.

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COP27: Climate Justice without Climate Action

Before the summit, the COP27 presidency declared its goal to achieve progress on all major issues of climate action: Mitigating climate change and reducing carbon emissions, adapting to climate…

120. COP comes to MENA: The UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Regional Climate and Energy Project P.O. Box 941876 Amman 11194, Jordan +962 6 500 83 35 +962 6 569 64 78 amman(at)fes.de Publications Negotiations of Arab…