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Algeria is a fascinating country, and I believe that it is a very generative case study to think about political developments in the Global South in a critical light, from the selective appropriation of (neo)liberal tools of governance by local elites to the ri..

Under the rule of Emmanuel Macron, the French state has revealed its true nature. That of a paternalistic and racist machine, which brutalizes its citizens and vilifies its largest minority. ..

Algeria is among the countries in Africa that have been the most impacted by the pandemic, with more than 1,200 death and 30,000 cases confirmed at the beginning of August. The healthcare system has long been a mirror of the nation’s broader weaknesses, strengths, and tensions. Throughout Boutef..

For scholars and analysts of Algeria, this is both a fascinating and worrying time. Many of us have an emotional connection to the country and personal attachments to friends and colleagues involved in the Hirak. Many of us are also anxious about the possibility that state viole..

Ce texte parle non pas du futur, mais plutôt des attentes et des craintes par rapport au futur et de leur place dans la production de savoir sur les sociétés du Maghreb. Il se concentre sur le cas de l'Algérie,  mais la question ne se limite pas au cas algérien. Par exemple, en Tunisie, fin juin..

In recent weeks, the bureaucratic-military apparatus that still controls the Algerian state has intensified its efforts to finish off the Hirak. Since mid-June, the Chief of Staff of the Army, Ahmed Gaïd Salah, and his accomplices have tried to make the people fall in line. They have ma..

Ces dernières semaines, les organes bureaucratico-militaires qui contrôlent toujours l'État algérien ont intensifié leurs efforts afin de mettre un terme au Hirak. Depuis la mi-juin, le 

Le 22 février dernier, nous publions le premier article de notre série de perspectives décentrées sur l'Algérie au terme du quatrième mandat de Bouteflika. Le même jour, un mouvement de contestation massif débutait dans les rues du pays. Rejetant la candidature du président grabataire et menaçan..

On 22 February we published the first article of a series of de-centered perspectives on Algeria at the end of Bouteflika's fourth term. The same day, a massive movement of protest broke out in the streets of the country.

Algeria has in recent weeks been gripped by a growing wave of popular demonstrations, which are reaching a crescendo as the closing date for nominations for the 18 April presidential elections approaches. Central in this equation is the prospective candidacy of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in..

À l'approche des élections présidentielles programmées en avril prochain, l'Algérie s'apprête à redevenir le terrain de jeu des kremlinologues. Pour quelques mois, les observateurs vont tenter de disséquer des luttes de pouvoir byzantines dont seuls les initiés saisissent la logique.

With presidential elections scheduled for this April, Algeria will once again become the playground of Kremlinologists. For a few months, observers will try to dissect Byzantine power struggles that only insiders actually understand.

It was the second unexpected sacking of an Algerian prime minister in less than three months. After Abdelmalek Sellal, Abdemajid Tebboune`s turn came with no going-away party. The prime ministers fell one after the other, and one wondered who could be next to take the challenge. But, with ..