Tag: Near and Middle East
Shanghai Cooperation Organization: what is this alliance that Iran will join?
This Friday, June 30, Sergei Lavrov announced that Iran would join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) next week. “At the next meeting of the Committee of Heads of State, which…
MBS and the Universal Expo 2030: behind the scenes of the seduction operation
“The boss is coming!”. Suddenly, dozens of guests rush to the stage of the ephemeral Grand Palace, converted into a Saudi palace for an evening, this Monday, June 19. Through…
MBS and the Universal Expo 2030: behind the scenes of the seduction operation
“The boss is coming!”. Suddenly, dozens of guests rush to the stage of the ephemeral Grand Palace, converted into a Saudi palace for an evening, this Monday, June 19. Through…
Saudi Arabia: behind football stars, MBS’s other sporting challenge
To enter the post-oil era, Saudi Arabia is building futuristic cities, seaside resorts along the Red Sea, gigantic amusement parks… and sports halls. At every street corner, in the major…
MBS visiting France: from purgatory to Parisian palaces
Karim Benzema in Riyadh, Mohammed bin Salman in Paris. Saudi Arabia everywhere. In this spring of 2023, the Wahhabi kingdom is not content to upset world sport, bringing in hundreds…
MBS-Macron: what is the crown prince of Saudi Arabia doing in France?
After his arrival scheduled for Wednesday evening, Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto leader of the wealthy Saudi kingdom, is due to meet with Emmanuel Macron this Friday, June 16.…
Türkiye: Mehmet Simsek, an economy minister on an impossible mission
In Turkey, the word “government” could almost leave the dictionary, so much the presidential palace concentrates all the powers. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, re-elected in May, has also formed his new…
Iran-Russia: “The Islamic Republic is Putin’s economic lifeline”
After eight months of protest, demonstrations resume, sporadically in Iran. Opposite, the Islamic Republic responds with massive executions of opponents and militarizes its regime, under the impetus of the all-powerful…
Threats, depression and monetary crisis: in Turkey, the anguish of opponents of Erdogan
After the victory of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, re-elected president on Sunday May 28 with 52% of the votes, amazement and dejection reign among the Turks opposed to his Islamo-nationalist power.…
Turkey: the “unbeatable” Erdogan who knows how to bring “the votes to the polls”
There is no shortage of qualifiers to describe the victory of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has already been in power for twenty years. In the Swiss media The…