After four years in office without any major economic or diplomatic achievement, President Tebboune of Algeria has already started his premature electoral campaign touring the country. In 2019, amid the pro-democracy protests that ousted ailing president Bouteflika, Tebboune was the civilian curtain of then Algerian kingmaker General Gaid Saleh. Soon after the sudden death of Gaid Saleh, Tebboune survived a purge into Gaid Saleh men in the regime, by pledging allegiance to new military ruler Chengriha. Had Putin delayed his invasion of Ukraine, Algeria could have been already in negotiations with the IMF for a structural adjustment. At the economic level, Algeria’s economic edifice stands on one pillar: gas.
