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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during the 2026 Liberal National Convention in Montreal, Canada, on 110 April 2026. Andrej Ivanov/AFP/Al Majalla

Mark Carney’s first year: rebuilding Canada amid crisis and tariffs

Faced with tariffs and geopolitical instability, Canada's prime minister has responded with state-backed investment, energy pragmatism, and a push for economic independence

Abdulfattah Khattab 28 May 2026
Containers and cranes at the port of Beirut, Lebanon, on 14 April 2025. Reuters

Strings attached: Lebanon’s economic rescue tied to its openness to Israel

Proponents of a peace deal argue that by reducing security risks with Israel, Lebanon can move from a volatile frontier market into a regional hub much like the UAE.

Thuraya Shahin 04 May 2026

Crisis and success: how Arab economies fared in 2025

There are common themes between those states experiencing growth and those facing crisis and instability. It pays to look at the success stories and to think bigger, including on a regional level.

Abdulfattah Khattab 24 December 2025
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Saudi Arabia's 2026 budget carefully boosts spending

Balanced fiscal management, targeted deficit reduction, and strategic growth initiatives underpin this year's budget, with a strong emphasis on citizen partnership

Omar Harkous 05 December 2025
A protester highlights British companies’ involvement in manufacturing F-35 fighter jets used in Gaza, demanding an arms embargo on Israel, outside the offices of Lockheed Martin, in Havant, Britain, October 8, 2025. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Israel can’t survive autarky

Benjamin Netanyahu lacks a realistic vision for navigating Israel's potential economic isolation

Giovanni Legorano 12 October 2025
A shopkeeper looks out through a window displaying replicas of football trophies at a gift shop in Souq Waqif bazaar in Doha on July 24, 2025. Karim JAAFAR / AFP

Qatar’s economic resilience and the road ahead

Qatar is positioning itself not only to weather external shocks, but to thrive in a changing global environment

Neil Quilliam 08 October 2025
A Fulani herder leads his cattle to graze in the fields between Sevare and Mopti in central Mali on March 18, 2021. MICHELE CATTANI / AFP

The self-sustaining economics of conflict in Africa

In several corners of the continent, informal sectors have arisen to plug the gaps left by state weakness or absence, providing both a lifeline and a headache

Sergey Eledinov 02 October 2025
Sara Padovan

Trump's new tariff wave: winners and losers

Countries under the most pressure include key BRICS members, but even some allies like Canada have been hit hard. Those in the 10% club seem to have gotten the best deal. Who are they?

Mohamed Sharki 08 August 2025
A currency exchange shop in the Syrian capital Damascus, on April 16, 2025. AFP

Towards a structural plan to drive development in Syria

Damascus is getting help from abroad, but it needs to set its economic stall out with a plan to rebuild its economy. An organised and disciplined fiscal and monetary policy will keep bankruptcy at bay

Hussein al-Sharaa 31 July 2025
Al Majalla

A US-Israel war on Iran could lock the region into a costly limbo

After less than two weeks, the estimated cost of warfare between these two sworn enemies is easily into the billions of dollars. How are they placed to weather the economic storm?

Mohamed Sharki 22 June 2025
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The Syrian solution to Hezbollah

25 June 2026

Border security and cooperation with Washington

Al Majalla - London
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The G7 grapples with the politics of AI access

23 June 2026

As advanced AI models become strategic assets, the G7 is confronting difficult questions of access, dependence, and control

Marco Mossad
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Politics

The fall of Keir Starmer

23 June 2026

His timid reign served as a how-not-to guide in the exercise of power

 John Kampfner
the app of the betting company Bet Nacional is displayed on a smartphone showing a match of the Brazilian national football championship open for betting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 2 October 2024. MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP
Business & Economy

The World Cup and the meteoric rise of sports betting

24 June 2026

As sports gambling becomes a multibillion-dollar global business, fuelled by   digital technology and regulatory change, its influence is extending far beyond the pitch 

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
A painting by the Egyptian artist George Bahgory from the series “Love and Football”.
George Bahgoury via Facebook
Culture & Social Affairs

Football and art: fusing a popular sport with culture

22 June 2026

Artists use paintings, sculpture, murals, and digital designs to iconise, idolise, and mythologise football culture in a language understood by all

Mimoza Al-Arrawi

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