North Africa
This Escalation Has Ignited a Regional Alarm That Reaches from Algiers to Cairo
Iran’s Proxy Strategy Has Expanded Beyond the Levant and Now Threatens North Africa’s Strategic Balance
Blocking Allied Operations While the War Is Live Hands Adversaries a Tactical Opening at Europe’s Most Sensitive Energy and Migration Chokepoint
Tebboune’s New Laws Tighten Political Control While Presenting Themselves as Modernization
While Morocco Is Pro-Western and a Signatory to the Abraham Accords, Algeria Is Aligned with Russia, China, and Iran
While Publicly Claiming Non-Alignment, Algiers Has Leaned Heavily on a Shared ‘Resistance’ Vocabulary with Tehran
The Nation Finds Itself Suspended Between the Haunting Legacy of Its past and an Ambitious, If Contentious, Military Future
While Saied’s Current Mandate Still Has Years to Run, the Architecture for Its Extension Is Already Being Built
This Summit Represents a Watershed Moment Where the Maghreb’s ‘African’ Identity Is Being Superseded by an Alignment with Western and Abrahamic Security Interests
The Era of Playing Both Sides in the Maghreb Is Rapidly Approaching Its Expiration Date
A $2.7 Billion Port Deal That Turns Infrastructure Into Armed Power
The Diplomatic Veneer of the ‘New Syria’ Began to Crack, Revealing a Security Nightmare That the West Has Spent a Decade Trying to Prevent
By Codifying the West as a Criminal Entity, Algeria Is Burning Its Bridges with Europe to Integrate Into the Orbit of Russia and China
For Thirty Years, the Relationship Between Europe and North Africa Has Been a Polite Fiction
The Trump Administration’s Decision to Initiate the Designation of Key Muslim Brotherhood Chapters as Foreign Terrorist Organizations Is an Act of Strategic Clarity
Tunisia’s President Has Replaced Democratic Promise With a Weaponized Judiciary That Punishes Dissent and Resurrects the Authoritarian Tactics of the Ben Ali Era
The Implications for American Interests Are Concrete, Even If the Language of Policy Prefers Discretion
Peace with Morocco Would Not Stabilize Algeria; It Would Expose It
The Economic Pressures Behind This Diplomatic Pivot Are Urgent and Measurable
Algeria Has Again Revealed Its True Colors by Calling for an Emergency Session of the United Nations Security Council Following Israel’s Precision Strike on Hamas Leadership in Doha