Coronavirus outbreak and the return to strong welfare states

The advent of the coronavirus and its tragic fallout on human lives, social order and the economy have undermined the neoliberal order as a return to the welfare state sounds best suited to deal with such repercussions.     The state has taken health, security, education and the ordinary functioning of the market into its […]

Military-ruled Sahel states create confederation, rule out return to ECOWAS

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger announced the creation of a confederation that will bring the three nations under one institutional umbrella, in a decision that signals a no-return to the West African regional bloc, the ECOWAS. The leaders of the three countries announced the confederation decision at a summit in Niamey, accusing ECOWAS of taking […]

Tunisia: Deans of Law Colleges reject participation in consultative Commission on new constitution

The deans of law colleges in Tunisia’s universities Tuesday turned down their choice by President Kais Saied to form a consultative commission tasked to draft a new Constitution for the country. President Saied signed on May 20 a decree for the formation of a consultative commission to be composed of deans of law colleges. The […]