Ali is an analyst on the for Current Developments Team, contributing regularly to the Daily Brief. He focuses on political and development issues in the Middle East and North Africa.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is set to address Parliament today and announce a new set of political reforms. The elections
READ MOREThe Conference of Presidents is set to meet today in the European Union Parliament. Meetings will likely touch on the
READ MORETurkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will conclude his visit to Spain today as part of a string of Turkish diplomatic
READ MOREThe European Medicines Agency is set to review the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Moderna today. The Moderna vaccine would be
READ MOREThe Turkish Parliament is set to vote on a budget for the 2021 fiscal year today. The budget prioritises combatting
READ MOREThe Lebanese General Labor Union has called for a nationwide strike today to protest the government’s decision to weaken subsidies
READ MOREThe US Congress faces its deadline today to vote on resolutions aimed to block new arms sales to the UAE.
READ MOREFrench President Emmanuel Macron will present a bill in today’s cabinet meeting regarding how to tackle the country’s problem of
READ MOREThe fourth session of Syria’s Constitutional Committee is set to conclude today. The committee aims to draft a new constitution
READ MOREYair Lapid, the Israeli Leader of the Opposition, will present a bill today proposing to disperse the country’s main legislative
READ MOREThe United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will hold a meeting on Syria today, likely to centre on issues of pandemic
READ MOREThe inaugural US-Taiwan Economic Prosperity Partnership Dialogue will begin today. Delegates will discuss a range of issues including infrastructure development,
READ MORELithuania’s Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis will today conclude his visit to the United States after purchasing 4 Black
READ MOREZambia will meet with creditors today on a proposal to defer Eurobond payments. After Zambia skipped interest payments on its
READ MOREElections will today be held in Belize to select the 31 members of the House of Representatives. The elections will
READ MOREThe results of Ukraine’s October elections are set to be announced today. The outcome will likely show incumbent mayors largely
READ MOREThe Libyan 5+5 Joint Military Commission will conclude its fifth round of talks in the city of Ghadames. After the
READ MOREThe US will today deploy a battalion of over 500 troops to be stationed in Lithuania near the border with
READ MORESouth African Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will today present the medium-term budget policy statement to parliament. Africa’s second-largest economy has
READ MORERussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet with his Kyrgyz counterpart, Ruslan Kazakbayev, today in Moscow. Following weeks of political
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