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Iran-Israel: can the low-intensity conflict turn into open war?
Commentary: The implications and consequences of the murder of the head of the Iranian nuclear project
| 3/12/2020 
Opinions
An installation set up ahead of a China-Africa forum in Beijing in August 2018. Photo: China Daily via REUTERS
Scientific and trade cooperation between the People’s Republic of China and Africa
Commentary: Joint scientific research by China and Africa can strongly promote the development of the African continent. It is also necessary to establish greater China-Africa relations to broaden trade channels, such as ones for natural resources
| 1/12/2020
Troops loyal to the Tripoli government patrol the area near Abu Qareen, Libya in September. Photo: REUTERS/Ayman Al-Sahili
Libya: lights and shadows of the peace process
Commentary: The parties involved in the Tunis talks were willing to respect the truce but little inclined to make political concessions to their counterparts. Uncertainty hangs over the Libyan peace process in which the role of the national players is often influenced and manipulated by the various international sponsors
| 29/11/2020
Sunrise in the Strait of Malacca. Photo: Reuters
The Strait of Malacca: China between Singapore and the United States
Commentary: If Singapore wants to control its own power in the Strait of Malacca, it must contain and curb China. Without the Strait of Malacca, there would be no maritime center absorbing the surrounding commercial and financial forces.
| 24/11/2020
The Emir of Qatar, Tamin bin Hamad al-Thani (L) and Turkish President Tayyp Recep Erdogan. Photo: Turkish Presidential Press Office
A new great Islamic crescent: the Turkey-Qatar axis from the Caucasus to Libya
Commentary: From Libya to Armenia, from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea, the Turkish leader keeps on trying to play a leading role, with the support of his friends in Doha. The two "friends of hard times" are becoming increasingly aggressive but probably even weaker.
| 19/11/2020
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Tax havens
Commentary: Financial flows in search of secrecy or fleeing corporate taxation increase inequalities and vulnerability to crises and cause unquantifiable political damage. Meanwhile this capital shrouded by banking secrecy infiltrates Western political systems and destabilizes them as poverty and unemployment increase
| 17/11/2020
UN special envoy Stephanie Williams speaks as Tunisia's President Kais Saied listens to her during the opening ceremony in Tunis on November 9. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi
Libya: at what point is the night?
Commentary: UN-brokered talks aimed at ending the civil war get underway, but for a number of reasons, including the long shadows of the external sponsors of the two main warring factions, the road to peace will not be paved with roses
| 11/11/2020
A Chinese employee checks pipelines of the China National Offshore Oil Corporation. Photo: Oriental Image via Reuters
The African oil markets of the People's Republic of China and the continuous daily needs for crude oil
Commentary: The world's largest oil buyer has diversified its imports, and Africa now provides over a quarter of the total as a number of leading Chinese companies ramp up their investments in the region
| 10/11/2020
A mosque is seen in the city of Baqa al-Gharbiyye, Israel. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Israel and its Arab citizens
Commentary: A survey shows a significant change this year in the way Arab citizens in Israel identify themselves. According to the findings, Israel's minorities define themselves mainly as Israeli, and half of them identify themselves as Arab-Israeli
| 6/11/2020
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Photo: REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
QUO USQUE TANDEM TAYYIP RECEP? How much more patience....for Erdogan?
Commentary: NATO and Europe, probably distracted by the pandemic, do not seem willing to oppose the Turkish president who was described by one of his predecessors as "capable of anything".
| 5/11/2020