The Middle-East in 2021: 4 Important Trends in Regional Geopolitics

Rabat – While Moroccans have been preoccupied with their country’s geopolitics regarding Israel and Western Sahara, several trends are emerging in the Middle East. 2020 has been dominated by the pandemic and its economic fallout, but diplomacy never sits still. As a key part of the Middle East and North Africa, Morocco’s future will be impacted by the issues that dominate the region.

Amid the generalized economic malaise, unemployment has risen across the Middle-East. Some of the richest states in the region have seen a rise in xenophobia towards immigrants, eerily reminiscent of European xenophobic politics. While Qatar and Saudi Arabia have introduced reforms to their problematic “kafala” sponsorship system, Kuwait is increasingly lurching toward xenophobic policies.

English | December 24, 2020

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