Francis Ghilès is senior research fellow at the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (Cidob). He was the Financial Times's north Africa correspondent from 1981-95, and now contributes to newspapers such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Le Monde, El Pais and La Vanguardia. He is a specialist in emerging energy markets and their relationship to political trends, and has advised western governments and corporations working in north Africa
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSomething is rotten in the state of TunisiaTunisia’s foreign friends would do well to remember that in 2011 there was a revolution in, not of the system. The...
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Published in: HomeFrance in Syria: under pressureFrançois Hollande has turned France into the United States's chief ally in the fight against ISIS. There are perils...
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Published in: HomeJeremy Corbyn's victory: a European moment
Europe's troubles have discredited elites and fuelled the populist right. Can Labour's new leader win an argument...
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Published in: HomeThe refugee crisis: Europe’s failure
A huge migration from the Middle East and Africa scarred by conflict is underway. It finds Europe, with rare...
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Published in: HomeMorocco, tensions of progress
Morocco has avoided the violence and instability of neighbours to the west. But to build a more inclusive economy it...
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Published in: HomeNorth African diversities: layered past, confused present
The many strands of a singular life - Berber and Algerian, Jewish and Islamic, French and English, Arab and European...