Middle East Focus

Algeria & France: Untangling Past and Present

Sep 2, 2022

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Algiers and the Italian Oil and Gas Industry

03:23

The Energy Relations Between Spain and Algeria

03:45

Algerians and the American Collaboration in Terrorism

03:55

Introduction

3min

French President Emmanuel Macron's Visit to Algeria

3min

The Algerian War of Liberation

5min

Algeria and the Question of Migration and Accessibility of Migration

4min

Is France Going to Ask Algeria to Increase Production?

4min

The Energy Relations Between Spain and Algeria

4min

Algiers and the Italian Oil and Gas Industry

3min

Algeria - What Do You Need?

2min

The Relationship Between Algeria and Russia

5min

10.

Algerians and the American Collaboration in Terrorism

4min

11.

Algeria and the Western Sahel - What's the Problem?

3min

12.

The Algerian Army, Which Holds the Whip Hand, That's What Matters

4min

French President Emmanuel Macron's recent visit to Algeria brought talks of cooperation and reconciliation to the fore in an otherwise fraught relationship. France and Algeria share a long and painful history, including 132 years of colonial occupation and an eight year war of devastation. In an effort to unpack the motivations and context behind Macron's visit, MEI Senior Fellow and Director of the North Africa and the Sahel Program Intissar Fakir speaks with Francis Ghilès, Senior Research Fellow with the Barcelona Center for International Affairs. For more from today's guest, click here.