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Walid Arfush

Editorial Director · International media contributor · Political commentator · Global affairs analyst

Current Focus Kyrgyzstan's financial reform and the regional economic outlook An ongoing analysis of reform, investment and the shifting economic map of Central Asia. Read the analysis →

Walid Arfush is Editorial Director of SN Media. He writes and comments on international affairs, politics and the forces reshaping public life, and contributes analysis across international media.

His work focuses on how power, policy and public trust move across borders — bringing an editorial lens to the questions that shape the international agenda.

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AI & Digital Bridge 2026 technology forum in Astana
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Astana Puts Artificial Intelligence at the Center of Kazakhstan’s Regional Ambitions

AI & Digital Bridge 2026 is bringing technology leaders, investors, researchers and policymakers to Astana as Kazakhstan seeks to strengthen its position…

Walid ArfushBy Walid Arfush · Oct 2, 2026
Iryna Podyryako-Bourdelles, Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Nice: “After the war, the ties that have formed between France and Ukraine will have to be strengthened”
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Iryna Podyryako-Bourdelles, Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Nice: “After the war, the ties that have formed between France and Ukraine will have to be strengthened”

On Ukraine’s 35th Independence Day, the Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Nice reflects on the war, the Franco-Ukrainian community on the Côte…

Walid ArfushBy Walid Arfush · Aug 25, 2026
Omar Harfouch with delegates at the European Parliament
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Omar Harfouch and the Power of One Man Against a Mafia System

Riad Salameh’s incarceration is framed as a turning point in Lebanon’s financial reckoning—and as the result of Omar Harfouch’s long campaign for…

Walid ArfushBy Walid Arfush · Aug 4, 2026
A migrant carrying a bicycle through shallow water as Red Cross workers assist nearby
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The Bicycle Migrant: Paddling Through Africa’s Edge toward the European Dream

At the gates of Ceuta and Melilla, a bicycle in the surf captures a humanitarian and political crisis that reverberates from Madrid…

Walid ArfushBy Walid Arfush · Aug 3, 2026
Young demonstrators holding handwritten cardboard signs in Kyiv
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Kyiv Shakeup: Zelenskyy’s Grip Slips as Youth Embrace the “Carton Revolution”

Youth-led protests over Mykhailo Fedorov’s dismissal reveal a widening generational and political fracture in wartime Kyiv.

Walid ArfushBy Walid Arfush · Jul 22, 2026
European and allied leaders at high-level security talks in Paris
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Strategic Pivot in Paris: The Ukrainian “Freyja” Program and a New Era in Anti-Ballistic Defense

Ukraine’s proposed Freyja anti-ballistic program puts technological independence and European defense production at the center of the Paris security talks.

Walid ArfushBy Walid Arfush · Jul 14, 2026
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