Briefs / Focus / Spot Ons
- Policy Brief
Egypt’s Elections: Ballots vs. Bullets
While the election outcome to the lower house is now clear in that Islamists won more than two thirds of the seats contested, the broader political consequences remain uncertain. The key question is whether the SCAF can live with that result.
10 janvier 2012
- Policy Brief
Dix mois qui font trembler la Syrie
L’Europe et les États-Unis ne délocalisent pas leurs actions en dehors des prises de positions et des condamnations répétitives. Les Occidentaux semblent attendre une résolution régionale, arabe de préférence.
10 janvier 2012
- Policy Brief
Morocco’s November 2011 Elections: Enough to Ensure a Political Transition?
The question is whether theelections constitute a case of “Moroccan catch-up” with the dynamic of events further east along North Africa’s littoral or whether they reflect the culmination of domestic pressures.
20 décembre 2011
- Policy Brief
Le Maroc: Entre l’Islamisme et la Monarchie Parlementaire
Le Mouvement du 20 février 2011 a brutalement relancé le débat sur les réformes politiques. La contestation politique est entre-temps devenue liberticide avec la fermeture de nombreux journaux privés.
16 décembre 2011
- Policy Brief
Elections législatives au Maroc : enjeux, défis et perspectives
Plus que les élections tunisiennes du 23 octobre, celles du 25 novembre au Maroc déterminent clairement les enjeux politiques, sociaux et idéologiques auxquels le Maghreb est confronté depuis le début du printemps arabe.
15 décembre 2011
- Policy Brief
Morocco’s Uncertain Transition
The parliamentary elections that took place in Morocco on 25th November 2011 could mark the beginning of a new phase in the transition of the country towards greater democracy.
7 décembre 2011
- Policy Brief
The Libyan Revolution: Outcome and Perspectives – The Social Context
The disappearance of Gaddafi from the scene has not changed the pattern. In fact, with the delicate balance held by Gaddafi gone, the political actors would have to find a new balance.
25 novembre 2011
- Policy Brief
The Libyan Revolution: Outcome and Perspectives
The plans for the future can only go forward provided a set of initial conditions are satisfied first. As the chaos surrounding the formation of the new government suggests, this is far from the case at present
21 novembre 2011
- Policy Brief
Why Syria’s Crisis Is Political in Nature
Many analysts and commentators privilege economic issues as the main reason for the Syrian uprising. However, from the beginning protesters made it clear - they would compromise for nothing other than drastic political change.
4 novembre 2011
- Policy Brief
Four Keys to Understand Tunisian Politics after the Elections
In the context of increasing panic surrounding the outcome of the Tunisia elections, it is important to stress four key aspects of the current situation, which can help frame discussions of Tunisian politics in a less emotional perspective.`
4 novembre 2011
- Policy Brief
Tunisia: The Next Phase
Election Day has come and gone in Tunisia, marking the end of the first transitional phase of the post-Ben Ali era and the beginning of another. The the challenges facing the Tunisian polity in the coming period are considerable.
4 novembre 2011
- Policy Brief
The Coming of the “Arab Autumn”: Lessons Learned from Tunisia’s Democratic Transition
While watching carefully to see how Tunisia’s Islamists will exercise their newly-gained political power, the EU should develop and implement a balanced approach to this North African country.
4 novembre 2011