Three years after the fall of the former dictatorial Ben Ali regime on 14 January 2011 that set off the shock wave of popular uprisings of the Arab Spring, where is Tunisia now with regard to its project for democratic transition?
This is not the first time that the Palestinian national project faces challenges so enormous they may threaten the possibility of fulfilling the goal of establishing an independent Palestinian state.
In the last couple of years, Turkey has attained an increasingly global visibility and developed a strong economy, becoming a crucial regional actor and important global market.
Significant demographic changes have occurred in the SMCs in recent decades, but these changes represent only a small part of the wider transformations that started in these countries in the 1950s.
For more than two decades, Turkey has enjoyed relative political stability and increasing economic growth. It has also introduced visa-free entry for citizens from many countries.
During the days of the 25 January revolution, street art was mostly used to mock the Mubarak regime and to express citizen demands for change.
In May 2013, the violence in Syria continues to escalate. There is no sign of an end to the conflict and human suffering some two years after a largely peaceful protest movement on the country’s periphery was met with brutal repression.
Until the end of the 1990s, Turkish-Arab relations were often shaped by mutual distrust. These non-favourable perceptions reflected upon politics.
Algeria’s reservations first had to do with appropriation, since it is incontestable that the European party developed its ENP proposal with no prior consultation with the initiative’s potential beneficiaries.
Over the past decades, air transportation has played a significant role in the economic development of Tunisia.
Whatever the historical value we attach to the Arab Spring, the events that begun in Tunisia in December 2010 could be considered as the most significant political phenomenon since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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