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Hafed Al-Ghwell
Hafed Al-Ghwell is a non-resident senior fellow with the Foreign Policy Institute at the John Hopkins University School of Advance International Studies. He is also senior adviser at the international economic consultancy Maxwell Stamp and at the geopolitical risk advisory firm Oxford Analytica, a member of the Strategic Advisory Solutions International Group in Washington DC and a former adviser to the board of the World Bank Group.
Twitter: @HafedAlGhwell
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International community needs to accept its share of responsibility in Libya
After years of pervasive instability, the world is quickly running out of adjectives to accurately describe the multifaceted and multidimensional crises in Libya spawned during the chaotic decade following the collapse of Muammar Qaddafi’s 42-year regime in 2011.
Iraq stares into the void as public frustration grows
On Wednesday, protesters stormed the Iraqi parliament in the Green Zone in Baghdad, removing blast walls and crowding into the fortified area while chanting anti-Iran slogans.
A pivotal month for Tunisia
Just over a decade ago, a seemingly chaotic revolution, sparked by a tragic case of self-immolation, ushered in a period of unbridled hope and optimism in Tunisia, a country wracked by more than two decades of autocratic rule.
Arab world’s top climate priority must be water security
The Middle East and North Africa will host the next two climate summits, which will take place in Sharm El-Sheikh this year and Abu Dhabi in 2023. This highlights the Arab region’s pivotal role in confronting the planet’s greatest shared threat to date — climate change.
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