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: the Arab exception's testThe probable election victory of Béji Caid Essebsi is a vital moment in the pioneer country of the Arab revolts. It...
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Published in: HomeAlgeria, football, and France's "black box"
The political misuse and misreading of events involving Algerians in France are an obstacle to true understanding.
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Published in: HomeNorth African diversities: Algeria in flux
Algeria’s circles of power and their relationship to a complex society and history are hard to grasp. Francis Ghilès...
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Published in: HomeTunisia, from hope to deliveryTunisia has turned a political corner. But great economic problems remain which require careful management and good...
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Published in: HomeNorth African diversities: Algerian tales, Maghrebi dreams
A career in journalism took Francis Ghilès to the heart of power in the post-independence states of Algeria, Morocco...
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Published in: HomeNorth African diversities: a Moroccan odyssey
The evolution of Morocco under its monarchy makes it in many ways an exception to political trends elsewhere in the...