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Libya

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MENASource

Jan 23, 2018

While national and international actors stall, local leaders in Libya step up

By Karim Mezran & Frank Talbot

The impression that the political situation in Libya is stalled is widespread. The lack of productive movement from national-level actors is undeniable: the UN-led mediation is faltering, the transitional government in Tripoli is not moving forward as fast as it should, and the House of Representatives (HoR) in Tobruk continues to under-perform, plagued by a […]

Libya

MENASource

Jan 19, 2018

Tunisian civil society’s unmistakable role in keeping the peace

By Wafa Ben-Hassine

Regardless of the protesters substantive demands, it is important for the government to keep in mind that Tunisia would not be where it is today had it not been for civil society work and vigilance.

Civil Society Democratic Transitions

In the News

Jan 17, 2018

Hellyer in the National: Economic Problems and Protests Persist But, for Many Reasons, Tunisia is a Success Story

By H.A. Hellyer

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North Africa

In the News

Jan 16, 2018

Yussef Auf in the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: The Battle Over Appointing Judges in Egypt

By Yussef Auf

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North Africa

MENASource

Jan 16, 2018

Tunisia 2018: Permanent mobilization or return to the past?

By Karim Mezran & Erin A. Neale

The riots that have occurred in many Tunisian cities and villages at the beginning of 2018 have caught by surprise many experts and observers of Tunisia’s political and socio-economic evolution. Tunisia has been presented to the world as the only success story in the framework of the so-called Arab Spring. Unfortunately, judging it as a […]

Democratic Transitions North Africa

MENASource

Jan 14, 2018

What’s next? Seven years after Tunisia’s spring

By Andrea Taylor and Elissa Miller

Seven years after the 2011 Arab uprisings, Tunisia remains the only country to have emerged from the sweeping changes that took hold in the region as a fledgling democracy. Since then-President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali stepped down from power of January 14, 2011, Tunisia has accomplished a number of major successes, including holding free and […]

Democratic Transitions North Africa

In the News

Jan 12, 2018

Halawa Quoted in The New York Times on the Increasing Legal Action Being Taken Against Egyptian Arts and Satire

By Hafsa Halawa

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North Africa

In the News

Jan 11, 2018

Lilley Quoted in Foreign Policy on Egypt-Sudan Spat

By Kelsey Lilley

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North Africa Sudan

In the News

Jan 9, 2018

Hellyer Quoted in France 24 on Egypt Denying Report that it Pressured the Press on Trump’s Jerusalem Move

By H.A. Hellyer

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North Africa

In the News

Jan 4, 2018

Mezran Quoted in Bloomberg Politics on Qaddafi’s Son Planning a Comeback

By Karim Mezran

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Libya

Experts