Stella Athanasoulia
UAE â Saudi strategic competition rises beyond oil and geopolitics
Paris (Brussels Morning) The recent public spat within OPEC laid bare the increasing divergence of strategic vision and…
Pegasus Project: The UAE conduct âindustrial scale surveillanceâ
Paris (Brussels Morning) Data analysis from the Pegasus project suggests that the United Arab Emirates government has used…
lessons from the French regional elections first round
Paris (Brussels Morning) It was the lowest turnout in the history of French elections, bar referendums, that saw…
Lily of the valley: the official French labour day flower
Paris (Brussels Morning) Itâs a tradition that precedes the origins of Labour Day but have become a synonym…
Syriaâs sham presidential election amidst economic, health crises
Paris (Brussels Morning) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will be the candidate to his own succession at the presidential election…
Lebanonâs steady disintegration
Paris (Brussels Morning) Lebanon still has no government, more than seven months after a devastating explosion at the…
10 years after the Arab Spring: âLibya proves the EU is not a serious geopolitical actorâ
In the latest of the Brussels Morning 10 years after the Arab Spring series, Tarek Magerisi explains the…
EU Parliament urges review of relations with Egypt
Brussels (Brussels Morning) MEPs have call for a âunified and resoluteâ response to Egyptâs crackdown of human rights…
The many legal troubles of Nicolas Sarkozy
Paris (Brussels Morning) Former French president Nicola Sarkozy stands accused of trying to obtain classified information from a…