The Future of the Middle East: Horizons of Challenges and Opportunities

... other European governments. The rise of radical right-wing populism on the one hand and the effects of a second economic crisis in 2020 on the other force European leaders to focus on domestic affairs. The optimistic scenario concerns not so much the Middle East region as a whole, but the Arab countries of North Africa. By 2025, a booming economic expansion begins on the African continent, and the countries from the Maghreb successfully place themselves as the connector between the two continents. These countries are becoming important platforms for the implementation of multilateral European-African projects in energy,...