The Global Diwan’s
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Since early 2020 the Global Diwan’s Newsletter is a mean of communication for the club but also a link with our friends and followers.
Our columns are open to any discussions pertaining to the Middle East and North Africa region and its interactions with Europe, with a special focus on business related matters. Our contributors come from every geographical and professional horizons and enjoy a spirit of openness.
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In this month’s Newsletter

N°11 – January 2022
The best is yet to come…
- Jolt Capital, a passion for scaling responsible tech companies
- Book Review : France in the midst of global upheaval
- Introducing our partner, the Brussels Global Review
- Digitalisation of health care facilities in the Gulf
- Digitalisation of the law profession
- Egypt’s economic outlook and opportunities
- Qatar: Economic patriotism, a double edged sword

Our previous releases
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N°10 – October 2021
Its now time to convene our first Diwaniya!
- 1st Diwaniya
- Appointment of Dr. Matsuura to the Advisory Board
- Interview with Karima Anbar, General Manager of the Global Diwan
- Introducing our partners
- An overview of food insecurity in Lebanon, Egypt and Iraq
- Total confirms its historical presence in Iraq
- European missionaries in the Ottoman Empire and in Persia during the 19th century

N°09 – July 2021
Welcome to our Diwaniyas!
- Introducing our Partner : The Iraq Energy Institute
- Interview with Baki Maneche
- Jordan: A longstanding appeal to French investors
- The Water Crisis in Jordan
- Disruptive Food and Food Security
- Black Swans and Geopolitics

N°08 – May 2021
Towards a Euro-MENA
Towards a Euro-MENA
Green Deal
- The Global Diwan Nice Forum
- The Global Diwan friends and partners
- Environmental vulnerabilities and socio-political inequalities in the Middle East: underestimated links?
- The Maritimisation of the Tunisian Economy
- Water Crisis in Iraq: internal weaknesses and regional rivalries

N°07 – April 2021
Growing Challenges !
- Our Team
- Water security and the Nile : a national cause
- Water, the diamond of the world
- Is the double shock over ? Iraq finally passes a 2021 budget
- Building bridges between the East and the West through Culture
- The Five commandments for the Gulf-Oriented businessperson

N°06 – February 2021
The Global Diwan
The Global Diwan
Annual Forum
- MENA facing multiple unstainabilities — Fabien Laurençon et Florent Parmentier
- Food security in the Gulf — Shathil Nawaf Taqa
- Business opportunities in Kuwait — Ambassador Anne-Claire Legendre
- Kuwait’s new economic perspectives — Shaikha Al Bahar
- Overcoming the GCC crisis : Kuwait at the forefront — SSF
- The legal framework for FDI in Kuwait — Khalifa Al-Yakout
- Biden and the Middle East — Côme de Villepin

N°05 – December 2020
From 2020 to 2021:
From 2020 to 2021:
Disruption and Resilience
- Doing business in Qatar – Dr. Julie Boisard-Pétrissans
- The India-China economic cooperation in critical stage – Dinakar Peri
- Algeria’s Economic Prospects – Nadia Henni-Moulaï
- Caucasus: what role for Europe after the conflict ? – Scutum Security First
- The Pharmaceutical Industry in the Middle East – Bertrand de Lavenne

N°04 – November 2020
Entrepreneurship
- Women’s autonomy in Saudi Arabia – Soha Alharbi
- The economic potential and opportunities in the EAU – Farid Vahid
- Could the Middle East be the next heaven for startups ? – Hocine Malkia
- Living 10 years in Oman –Gilles Desorbay
- Sport in the Middle East, between soft power and strategy for the future – Scutum Security First
- Pharmaceutical industry challenges in North Africa –Bertrand de Lavenne

N°03 – September 2020
The Diwan Goes Global
- Global Britain – Alastair Watson
- Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean – SFF
- Saudi Arabia in Africa – Antoine Ripaud
- Trading in Africa from a Turkish perspective – Abdülkadir Güzeloğu
- Morocca, a regional player in Africa – Mourad Arbib
- India’s relations with the Middle East – Manod Jinnuri
- Doing business with Iran – Farid Vahid

N°02 – June 2020
On our way…
- How will the club operate ? – E. Schell and A. Houssard
- Response to Hervé Novelli’s article on Tourism
- Egypt standing the test of the Covid-19 global pandemic – Régis Monfront
- Could Egypt become a start-up nation? – Antoine Ripaud
- Great Power Competition – Charles Thépaut
- The Middle East at the New Silk Roads Junction – SSF

N°01 – April 2020
Welcome!
- How will the club operate ? – E. Schell and A. Houssard
- Response to Hervé Novelli’s article on Tourism
- Egypt standing the test of the Covid-19 global pandemic – Régis Monfront
- Could Egypt become a start-up nation? – Antoine Ripaud
- Great Power Competition – Charles Thépaut
- The Middle East at the New Silk Roads Junction – SSF
