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Julyana: Putting Benghazi on the map

/ 26 Sep 2026

Algeria’s small government reshuffle reveals bigger calculations

After record-low turnout, pressure for change was high. Tebboune opted for limited changes, but they bring Algeria's economic files closer to the presidency while curbing influential ministers.

By The Geopolitical Desk

/ 25 Sep 2026

Algeria’s small government reshuffle reveals bigger calculations

Algiers betting on U.S.-Algeria Business Forum success

As Washington and Algiers look beyond past tensions, business and energy ties could reshape the future of U.S.-Algeria relations.

By The Geopolitical Desk

/ 2 Sep 2026

Algiers betting on U.S.-Algeria Business Forum success

The promise of Europe or the stagnation of Morocco?

In trying to explain what happened on the borders of Ceuta and how, what is often overlooked is why thousands of Moroccans are so desperate to leave home.

By The Geopolitical Desk

/ 10 Aug 2026

The promise of Europe or the stagnation of Morocco?

Erdoğan's diplomacy outruns Turkey's economy, but not its region

Turkey's struggling economy tells one story, but its growing geopolitical influence tells another.

By The Geopolitical Desk

/ 4 Aug 2026

Erdoğan's diplomacy outruns Turkey's economy, but not its region

A closed deal doesn’t mean an open strait

While many hope the U.S. and Iran are now aligned in regards to opening the strait, the reality is both countries have created two different realities that they refuse to compromise.

By The Geopolitical Desk

/ 16 Jun 2026

A closed deal doesn’t mean an open strait

Iran’s economy under fire

The war on Iran's economy has been running for decades. U.S.-Israeli strikes on economic infrastructure in 2026 brought cascading effects on the country's economy. The result will not be collapse, but it is something more dangerous for ordinary Iranians than the war itself.

By The Geopolitical Desk

/ 22 May 2026

Indirect warfare, chokepoint hegemony and China’s energy dilemma

With global energy demand rising and limitations in supply infrastructure becoming more apparent, China has been looking to reinforce itself in case of future crises, especially with the U.S.

By The Geopolitical Desk

/ 23 Apr 2026

Indirect warfare, chokepoint hegemony and China’s energy dilemma

India is calibrating its tilt to a fragmented West

By The Geopolitical Desk

/ 27 Feb 2026

India is calibrating its tilt to a fragmented West

Inside Libya’s FX arbitrage machine

Libya’s dinar crisis is not a dollar shortage. It is the product of fiscal expansion, subsidy distortions and a widening gap between official and parallel markets. This piece breaks down the data behind the arbitrage machine shaping Libya’s FX trajectory.

By The Geopolitical Desk

/ 23 Feb 2026

The dangerous vindication of pro-sanction voices

Widely believed to be an ineffective form of diplomatic pressure, the long-standing sanctions regimes of the past two decades have begun to show results.

By The Geopolitical Desk

/ 26 Jan 2026