Tag: Near and Middle East
Erdogan, the turning point: all-powerful autocrat, candidate on the edge of the abyss
In dinners in town, from Istanbul to Ankara, an anecdote has met with some success in recent days in Turkey: that of António de Oliveira Salazar’s “false diary”. After 36…
How Saudi Arabia buys researchers and hacks Shanghai ranking
Enough to make a stir in the scientific world. According the Spanish generalist daily El País, Saudi Arabia has quietly bribed dozens of top scientists, including many Spaniards, to sign…
Netanyahu’s Israel, the big loser in the reconstruction of the Middle East
A wave of peace seems to envelop the Middle East. In a region accustomed to conflicts and tragedies, the current period takes on the air of sweet utopia: the great…
tourism, tech… The crazy dreams of Prince Mohammed bin Salman
In this episode of La Loupe, Xavier Yvon deciphers the ambitions of Mohammed ben Salmane for Saudi Arabia with Corentin Pennarearear, journalist for the World service of L’Express. Listen to…
Carlos Ghosn: three years after his crazy escape, his new life in Lebanon
There are about fifteen of them – business leaders, press bosses and even… an army general – listening attentively to a professor not quite like the others. The question of…
Türkiye: Devlet Bahçeli, the Gray Wolf in the service of Erdogan
February 1978. Turkey is torn apart by violence between left and right groups. The Gray Wolves, nickname for far-right activists, confront left-wing activists, weapons in hand. In Maras, Çorum and…
In Iran, the all-out repression of a beleaguered regime, by Frédéric Encel
For several months, the Islamic Republic of Iran has intensified its repression not only of women freeing themselves from the chador (and the strict ban on singing and dancing) and…
Presidential election in Turkey: the very cash support of the Gulf countries for Erdogan
Miraculously, billions of dollars are raining down from the cloudless skies of the Gulf. On March 6, the Turkish Central Bank received an unexpected gift from Saudi Arabia, which poured…
Presidential election in Türkiye: the Kurds under maximum pressure
In the end, the leaders of the People’s Democratic Party, the HDP, chose to defend themselves by remaining silent. On Tuesday April 11, the future of their political party will…
In Jerusalem, the Esplanade of the Mosques at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
It’s a black and white keffiyeh, stained with a few droplets of blood. It sits near a pile of black garbage bags, chairs and broken furniture. “The remnants of last…