Briefs / Focus / Spot Ons
- Policy Brief
La « sécuritocratie » dans la tourmente des révolutions arabes
Les dictatures ont réussi à spolier et à démolir l’économie de leur pays. Ainsi, les dictateurs ont déchiré minutieusement le tissu social en rendant leurs sociétés à leurs états primitifs afin d’empêcher toute organisation civile.
2 July 2012
- Policy Brief
L’initiative 5+5 face au nouveau contexte en Méditerranée occidentale
La recherche de pistes de coopération qui ne soient pas seulement bilatérales, mais qui privilégient le développement de partenariats multilatéraux autour de la Méditerranée, est une nécessité.
28 June 2012
- Policy Brief
The Imperative of Security Sector Reform after the Arab Spring
The social and political revolts in the Middle East and North Africa generated unprecedented transformations in the region. Among the most urgent features of this evolution is the question of the need for reform of the security sector.
20 June 2012
- Policy Brief
Is an Islamist Democracy Emerging in North Africa? Its Contours and Objectives, A View from the North
The main novelty of the Arab revolts in 2011-2012 is that state actors on the regional and international political scene will have to deal with new North African political leaders, who represent the will of the electorate.
15 June 2012
- Focus
Egyptian Presidential Elections: From the First to the Second Round
Egyptians have lived through the dream of the transition, but they ended up in the forthcoming elections with the same choice between the military and the Islamists.
12 June 2012
- Policy Brief
Civil Society in Egypt and the Revolution of 25th January: What Role for the EU? A View from the South
EU policy has limited itself until now to waiting to see developments and then starting to act. That seems to be inadequate and could contribute to complicating matters further on.
31 May 2012
- Focus
Législatives algériennes: la légitimation électorale du discours sécuritaire
Les élections législatives algériennes suscitent un regain d´intérêt. L´Algérie est-elle dans une logique de redémarrage du processus de transition démocratique ?
16 May 2012
- Policy Brief
Civil Society, Its Role and Potential in the New Mediterranean: Which EU Policies? A View from the North
There are few options the EU could choose to avoid yet another loss of credibility. One is to open up to the various segments of Arab civil society, to follow their discourses and to enter into a critical dialogue with all of them.
7 May 2012
- Policy Brief
The EU and the Arab Spring, One Year After (a view from the North)
While the EU has delivered reasonably well on money in a context of severe economic crisis, the commitments on markets and mobility require active commitments by EU Member States and are still work in progress.
19 April 2012
- Policy Brief
The EU and the Arab Spring, One Year After (a view from the South)
New challenges in the field of democracy promotion need novel and adaptive policies. The EU will have to walk a tightrope between non-interference in domestic political struggles and meddling in domestic politics.
18 April 2012
- Focus
Les défis de l’État libyen après la « guerre pour la démocratie »
La guerre en Libye ont mis fin au pouvoir de Kadhafi, créant une situation pour laquelle le gouvernement provisoire est peu préparé.
11 April 2012
- Focus
In Syria, The Diplomatic Solution Lies in the Isolation of the Regime
It is taken for granted that the social networks, Internet and mobile phones have played a big part in the Arab Spring. How far do these media have a determining role?
14 March 2012