Abdennour Toumi is a journalist and a North African Studies specialist who received his PhD in Political Science from Toulouse University in France. His articles have been published by many outlets, and he has featured in reputable media channels including Daily Sabah, TRT World and BBC Turkish. He worked as a lecturer in the Department of Middle East and North African Studies at the Portland Community College, and was a member of the Portland State University Center for Middle Eastern Studies. His focus is on issues such as the socio-political mutations of North Africa; the role of Turkey in this region; the problem of immigrants, and the interactions of the North African diaspora in France.
The year 2022 is a year of celebrations in Algeria, as the country will be celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of independence, ending a hundred and thirty-two years of harsh and brutal occupation. This is a historic step that would catch historians’ and political analysts’ interest in order to better understand the entire process of Algeria’s post-modern politics. One cannot recall July 5, 1962, without mentioning March 19, 1962, and January
Abdennour Toumi: How would you assess President Emmanuel Macron’s MENA foreign policy? Prof. Karim Emile Bitar: Shortly after he announced his candidacy for the presidential elections, in early 2017, Macron visited Beirut where he gave his first major foreign policy speech at the ESA Business School, which was inaugurated by former president Jacques Chirac in the 90s. This speech was interesting, due to the fact that he touched upon a
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Days have passed since the bold move by President Kaïs Saïed to freeze the parliament, firing his prime minister, Hichem Mechichi, who had the support of the coalition parties in the Parliament,
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Abdennour Toumi: How would you describe the main directions of France’s Middle East policy? Prof. Bertrand Badie: To understand France’s policy in the Middle East, we need to look to the past.
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Abdennour Toumi: What is the thing that caught your interest the most about the MENA region, politically and geopolitically, in the 21st century evolution? Prof. Anoush Ehteshami: There have been publications written
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What are the new political and geopolitical imperatives that changed the MENA region in the aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the Arab uprisings of 2011 and 2019?
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How would you evaluate Emmanuel Macron’s policy in the Middle East, especially in Syria and Libya? Professor François Burgat: President Macron has clearly leaned towards the side of Saudi Arabia and the
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