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Libya

Content

MENASource

Jun 7, 2016

Who is Persecuting the Copts?

By Alaa Al Aswany

In the 1930s, the Ministry of the Interior under the Wafd administration announced a competition for positions in the ministry. When the results were not made public, the entrants complained to the Prime Minister, Mustafa Nahhas who summoned the official in charge of the competition to ask him the reason for this. The official whispered […]

North Africa

Report

Jun 1, 2016

A transatlantic strategy for a democratic Tunisia

By Frances G. Burwell, Amy Hawthorne, Karim Mezran, and Elissa Miller

Five years after Tunisia’s revolution, which ousted longtime authoritarian ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and put the country on the path towards nascent democracy, democratic and economic reforms have stalled. Following the revolution, the United States, the European Union (EU), and EU member states—namely France, Germany, and the United Kingdom—substantially boosted assistance to Tunisia. […]

Democratic Transitions North Africa

MENASource

May 31, 2016

Tunisian Economic Reforms: Between Textiles and Terrorism

By Mohamed Malouche and Scott Mastic

Last month the US-Tunisia Joint Economic Commission (JEC) met in Washington to reaffirm economic partnership between the two countries and promote growth in key sectors.  The meeting was an opportunity for Tunisia’s leaders to demonstrate their commitment to economic reforms and for the United States to commit further economic support to Tunisia in the form […]

Economy & Business North Africa

In the News

May 26, 2016

Report on Transatlantic Strategy for Tunisia Discussed by Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

By Atlantic Council

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North Africa

In the News

May 26, 2016

Hellyer in The National: Ennahda Move May Set a Good Regional Example

By H.A. Hellyer

http://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/ennahda-move-may-set-a-good-regional-example

North Africa

In the News

May 26, 2016

Hellyer in Marketwatch: Two Lessons the West Needs to Learn in the Wake of the EgyptAir Crash

By H.A. Hellyer

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North Africa

MENASource

May 25, 2016

The Non-Option of Disengagement from the Middle East

By Frederic C. Hof

In 2003 American forces successfully took Baghdad, but without the benefit of a ‘day after’ civil-military stabilization plan. The unintended results: a chaotic occupation, a vicious insurgency, the premature withdrawal of the United States from Iraq in 2011, and the subsequent rise of the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, Daesh). This and other disappointments—Libya 2011 (again […]

Iraq Libya

In the News

May 24, 2016

Eljarh Joins KCRW to Discuss US Policy in Libya

By Mohamed Eljarh

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Libya

In the News

May 23, 2016

Hellyer Quoted by McClatchy on EgyptAir Plane Crash

By H.A. Hellyer

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North Africa

In the News

May 23, 2016

Hellyer Quoted by AFP on the Balance Between Religious Tradition and Modernity

By HA Hellyer

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North Africa

Experts