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: HomeTunisia's dangerous driftThe massacre of foreign tourists in the coastal resort of Sousse highlights the mismatch between perception and...
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Published in: HomeKamel Daoud, and Algeria's true selvesThe journalist and author of The Meursault Investigation illuminates the way Algeria is torn between religious...
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Published in: HomeTunisia, bridging the gulf
The terrorist attack in Tunis highlights the challenges facing Tunisia's new government and underlines the need for...
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Published in: HomeAlgeria: diplomacy and regional security
Algeria's efforts to resolve crises in Libya and Mali are informed by its longstanding experience of regional diplomacy.
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Published in: HomeLibya, containing the danger
The chaos in Libya will not be stopped by lazy rhetoric or easy options. The country's neighbours, Tunisia and...
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Published in: HomeFrance's identity crisis: seeds of change
The traumatic attacks in Paris provoked agonised public debate. But to be productive this needs to range more deeply...