Policy briefs

Road map for enhancing Morocco – Brazil economic relations

There is much room for deepening Brazil and Morocco’s bilateral economic relationship, in the fields of trade and investment flows. This is the main...

Electricity in Eastern Africa: The Case for Mini Hydro

We argue in this paper that electricity production needs to be multiplied by a large factor in the coming years for East Africa to reach the...

Reviving Multilateral Security Dialogue in the MENA: Finding the Hard, but Possible, Compromise

While possible, prospects for repairing existing fractures through multilateral dialogue and compromise have become elusive as crises in the region...

Rethinking development finance: towards a new “possible trinity” for growth?

Development finance is an issue that typically concerns developing countries where numerous, grave socio-economic problems persist, including – and...

Revival of Agricultural Productivity in Africa: Hoping for Better Food Security

In comparison to previous decades, remarkable economic performance accompanied the entry of African economies into the new millennium. The...

Relance de la productivité agricole en Afrique : l’espoir d’une sécurité alimentaire

L’entrée des économies africaines dans le nouveau millénaire s’est accompagnée de performances économiques remarquables, par rapport aux décennies...

African Architecture for Peace and Security: Design relevance and achievement challenges

The big question for Africans on safeguarding peace and security is whether the Pan-African organization, which aspires to lead the continent...

Architecture Africaine de Paix et de Sécurité : Pertinence dans la conception et difficultés dans les réalisations

La grande question qui interpelle les Africains, dans le domaine de la sauvegarde de la Paix et de la sécurité, reste celle de savoir si l’...

Morocco’s great return to the African Union

Morocco's ties with Africa through various aspects have never been broken. There is no need to prove its roots within deep history. However, the...

Le grand retour du Maroc à l’Union Africaine

Les liens du Maroc avec l’Afrique à travers différentes composantes n’ont jamais été rompus. Point n’est besoin de montrer leur enracinement dans l’...

The Mist of Central Bank Balance Sheets

Central banks of large advanced and many emerging market economies have recently gone through a period of extraordinary expansion of balance sheets...

Returning foreign terrorist fighters: An imminent threat to manage

During the last quarter of 2016, terrorism specialists were still busy with the issues of counter-radicalization, indoctrination, and the dangers of...

Retour des combattants terroristes étrangers : Une menace imminente à gérer

Au dernier trimestre de l’année 2016, les spécialistes du terrorisme étaient encore occupés par la contre-radicalisation, l’endoctrinement et les...

Will America Trigger a Global Trade War?

The new Trump administration is openly protectionist. The President called for “America First” and for “Buy American, Hire American” in his inaugural...