During his expected second term, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune will likely take a populist approach to foreign policy in the short term and reduce barriers to foreign investment, although he will likely remain averse to borrowing externally. The first round of the Algerian presidential election is scheduled for Sept. 7, with three candidates in the race: Tebboune (who is running as an independent candidate while holding membership in the center-left nationalist National Liberation Front, or FLN), Youcef Aouchiche of the center-left Socialist Forces Front, and Adelali Hassani Cherif of the Islamist Movement for Society and Peace. The Algerian constitutional court approved all three candidacies, though opposition candidates cited an "authoritarian climate," including alleged voter intimidation. Tebboune is widely expected to win a second five-year term due to backing from the Algerian military and several political parties, including the FLN, the National Democratic Rally, the El Bina Movement and El Moustakbal....
