Thu, Apr 11, 2019
What’s next for Algeria’s popular movement?
On the afternoon of April 5, 2019, just three days after the resignation of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, demonstrators took to the streets once again after nearly eight weeks of protest. As many predicted, the demand to end Bouteflika’s twenty-year rule was one of many to come.
MENASource by Emily Burchfield
Thu, Aug 22, 2019
How the EU can save Tunisia
The Tunisian presidential and parliamentary elections in 2014 marked the beginning of a new democratic era. In the aftermath of the first wave of the Arab Spring, Tunisia remains the only country to have successfully transitioned from an authoritarian to a democratic government.
MENASource by Iyad Yousef
Wed, Jul 3, 2019
Challenges for Egypt’s fragile stability
The death of Mohamed Morsi on June 17, the only president ever instated through democratic elections, arrived as a reckoning in post-revolutionary Egypt.
MENASource by Alessia Melcangi and Giuseppe Dentice
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Libya
Thu, Jul 11, 2019
Latest Libyan shock should come as no surprise
It is now time for the international community to realize that it is not enough to repeat blindly that in Libya there is no military solution
New Atlanticist by Karim Mezran
Fri, May 31, 2019
The Tripoli offensive: How did things escalate?
The forces of Libya’s rebel army officer Khalifa Haftar are on the outskirts of Tripoli, the capital of Libya, in his ongoing bid to claim the city. Some of his forces traveled more than 1,000 kilometers from Libya’s eastern towns where Haftar has his stronghold.
MENASource by Borzou Daragahi
Mon, Apr 22, 2019
Trump wades into Libyan crisis, and why that’s not good news
Trump’s phone call with Haftar undercuts previous US positions.
New Atlanticist by Ashish Kumar Sen
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