The New Geopolitics of the Straits The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz has brought the international system face to face with an old lesson that globalisation once appeared to have consigned to history: geography still matters. When a maritime…
Morocco has modernised, expanded its international influence and become a partner Spain increasingly needs. Yet part of Spanish public opinion continues to view the country through old prejudices, even as strategic reality makes its importance impossible to ignore. Two recent…
For centuries, the relationship between Africa and the great powers has been defined by extraction. First came gold, ivory, and rubber; later oil, uranium, and cobalt. Today, a new strategic frontier is emerging: data. Among them, health data is rapidly…
That November day in 2013, the sky over Madrid was overcast when the Sudanese ambassador to Spain, Alhussain, offered me a glass of karkadé—the hibiscus tea so characteristic of his homeland. At the table in his residence, surrounded by its…
How Morocco turned diplomatic mastery and strategic vision into a new global narrative — from the Western Sahara to Africa’s economic future. Morocco’s rise from 1975 to 2025 marks one of the most remarkable geopolitical transformations in modern history. On October 31,…
