Project
North Africa Insights
In-depth, policy-relevant commentaries on governance, security, and economic trends across North Africa and the Sahel.
About the Project
North Africa Insights is a commentary series and forum providing rigorous, analysis of the region’s evolving dynamics. Covering Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Mauritania, Egypt, and the Sahel, the series presents essays and reflections by scholars, practitioners, and regional experts. Each contribution situates current developments — whether in governance, security, migration, energy, or diplomacy — within broader historical and geopolitical contexts. The series strengthens understanding of the region’s complexities and delivers actionable insights for policy discussions, academic research, and public discourse.
Research & Writing
Commentary
Why only globally connected, knowledge-intensive services — not local services — can drive long-term development and productivity growth.
May 12, 2026
Issue Brief
Examining Algeria’s constrained geopolitical influence amid rising competition, internal stability, and evolving Mediterranean partnerships.
May 11, 2026
Commentary
Sahel insurgent groups are expanding into coastal West Africa, exposing governance gaps and raising risks to regional security and economic stability.
May 7, 2026
Commentary
Morocco’s export-led growth model faces rising inequality and unemployment, underscoring the need to rebalance labor protections and job creation.
May 7, 2026
Commentary
Coordinated Mali attacks expose state vulnerabilities, insurgent adaptation, and shifting regional alliances across the Sahel.
May 7, 2026
Commentary
How EU technocratic policy in Libya erodes influence, enabling rival powers to shape the country’s political and security landscape.
May 2, 2026
Commentary
How Sudan’s catastrophic war became a neglected crisis, exposing geopolitical selectivity and the erosion of global humanitarian response.
April 20, 2026
Issue Brief
U.S. policy options to leverage Tunisia for regional security, economic stability, and Sahel-focused cooperation.
April 16, 2026
Commentary
How Mali’s shift in external partnerships has failed to improve security, governance, or economic conditions.
April 13, 2026
Commentary
How Libya’s fragmented governance enables oil revenue diversion through hybrid networks and what recent interventions signal for restoring state control.
April 8, 2026
Commentary
Why EU fragmentation risks fueling Algeria–Morocco tensions, and how a neutral, coordinated strategy could prevent escalation and protect regional stability.
April 2, 2026
Commentary
How the Iran war disrupts energy, trade, and food systems across North Africa and the Sahel, reshaping regional stability.
March 31, 2026
Commentary
China shifts energy strategy toward North Africa amid Hormuz disruption, deepening oil diversification and accelerating green cooperation with Algeria, Morocco, and Egypt.
March 27, 2026
Commentary
State collapse, climate stress, and demographic pressures drive escalating violence and fragmentation across the Sahel, with mounting regional and global consequences.
March 24, 2026
Commentary
Morocco is examined as a legally grounded mediator whose institutional continuity strengthens peace efforts across the Middle East, North Africa, and the Sahel.
January 28, 2026
Policy Memo
What once appeared as distinct theaters — the Mediterranean, Maghreb, and Sahel —are now increasingly connected by dynamics that span borders and regions.
January 27, 2026
Commentary
Tripoli’s lavish stability spectacle masks Libya’s inflation, collapsing services, and governance failures, exposing development as performance rather than lived reality.
January 20, 2026
Commentary
Morocco’s development is moving at two speeds, leaving half the country behind, while recent protests reflect a broad intergenerational movement.
December 10, 2025
Commentary
Libya’s unity is a political fiction masking entrenched fractures, rival power centers, and a decade of failed state-building.
December 8, 2025
Commentary
Mali is confronting a deeper crisis driven by institutional erosion and jihadist pressure, not just dramatic siege narratives.
November 25, 2025
Commentary
China’s energy insecurity drives it toward Africa’s vast fossil and renewable resources, offering opportunity, but only if Africa ensures local benefit.
November 13, 2025
Commentary
As France reconsiders the special migration framework granted to Algerians since 1968, domestic politics, economic anxieties, and unresolved colonial legacies converge — raising the stakes for both Paris and Algiers.
November 3, 2025
Commentary
As France reconsiders the special migration framework granted to Algerians since 1968, domestic politics, economic anxieties, and unresolved colonial legacies converge — raising the stakes for both Paris and Algiers.
October 31, 2025
Commentary
Tunisia’s accelerating population aging collides with authoritarian decay, deepening economic, social, and institutional collapse.
September 20, 2025
Commentary
Exploring Türkiye’s bid to reshape Libya’s balance of power and secure long-term influence in the Mediterranean and North Africa.
September 8, 2025
Commentary
Power consolidation within the Haftar clan exposes Libya’s eastern rule as a criminal enterprise masquerading as counterterrorism.
August 28, 2025
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