On 3 June 2026, in New York, German diplomacy suffered a bombshell: for the first time in …
Elyes GHARIANI
Elyes GHARIANI
A former Tunisian ambassador to Berlin and The Hague, with 40 years’ experience in diplomacy and international cooperation, he possesses considerable expertise in European affairs, having served in the EU’s main founding Member States (Germany, Belgium, France and the Netherlands). A graduate of the Bourguiba Institute of Modern Languages in Tunis, the Pushkin Institute of Russian Language in Moscow and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IUHEI) in Geneva, he has extensive experience in the management and implementation of projects at an international level. He served as Diplomatic Adviser to the Head of Government in 2015–2016 and 2020–2021
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The Iranian-American crisis or the silent erosion of the unipolar moment
par Elyes GHARIANIpar Elyes GHARIANI 7 minutes readWashington is negotiating under pressure. Tehran is dictating the pace On May 29, Donald Trump gathered his main advisers in the Situation Room of...
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Melaka, the invisible heart of the Sino-American rivalry
par Elyes GHARIANIpar Elyes GHARIANI 14 minutes readMalacca, the strait of the invisible Cold War. Malacca is no longer just a trade route. In the 21st century, the major straits — ...
- EconomyInternationalFeaturedArab world
The Ormuz paradox: when Gulf prosperity remains suspended on a strait
par Elyes GHARIANIpar Elyes GHARIANI 11 minutes readHormuz, the strait upon which the global energy balance depends. Barely thirty kilometres wide at its narrowest point, this...
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BERLIN-ROME: THE NEW EUROPEAN CENTRE OF GRAVITY
par Elyes GHARIANIpar Elyes GHARIANI 9 minutes readThis agreement draws heavily on the 2024 Draghi report, which has become Brussels' compass. Reviving competitiveness, financing the energy transition...
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Cai Qi: The steadfast shadow of Xi Jinping
par Elyes GHARIANIpar Elyes GHARIANI 7 minutes readDecoding a quiet power The quiet rise of a regime insider At international summits as well as in behind-closed-doors meetings, it is towards …
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Ramstein, the day after: a transatlantic turning point?
par Elyes GHARIANIpar Elyes GHARIANI 17 minutes readA quarrel, a symbol, an earthquake. This is not an ordinary diplomatic crisis. It is the first time since 1945 that a president of...
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Midterms 2026: The silent earthquake of a coalition on borrowed time
par Elyes GHARIANIpar Elyes GHARIANI 8 minutes readIn the vast industrial plains of the Midwest, where America's electoral destinies are forged and undone, a new silence, ...
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Europe afterwards: what Orbán's defeat really says about the continent
par Elyes GHARIANIpar Elyes GHARIANI 10 minutes readEurope is not only shaped by the powers that make it up; it is also, sometimes decisively, shaped by states of...
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Pakistan, fragile arbiter of the Middle East?
par Elyes GHARIANIpar Elyes GHARIANI 11 minutes readA fragile state at the heart of all tensions There is something almost paradoxical about the diplomatic sequence that...