Policy Studies /
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Winning to Lose: The State´s Unsustainable Counterrevolutionary Comeback in Egypt
The 2011 revolution brought the opportunity to challenge the state´s model of governance but three years later many argue that the Egyptian state has succeeded to absorb the revolutionary shocks and has ensured a successful comeback.
18 September 2014
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Demands of the Egyptian Revolution and the Newly-Emerging Actors
This paper analyses the commitment of the political actors to the implementation of the revolutionary demands and observes that they have gradually abandoned the most popular issues.
12 February 2014
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Turkey and the Arab Spring: Embracing “People’s Power”
This paper explores the new emphasis on Turkish foreign policy brought about by the Arab Spring and its possible ramifications for Turkey’s relations with external actors.
20 March 2012
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The Spanish Transition and the Arab Spring
Very often presented as a model, the Spanish transition to democracy offers some lessons and errors to be taken into account by Southern Mediterranean countries.
12 March 2012
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The Middle East in Transition: Clues from Poland
The paper underlines good practices and deficiencies of the transition period in Poland and provides a comparative framework to evaluate recent experiences in Southern Mediterranean countries.
12 March 2012
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Le Maroc et le printemps arabe dans un monde en plein changement
Si l'agitation sociale se déroule dans des pays aux structures très différentes, l'histoire et le contexte de ces mouvements ont un point commun: des jeunes surqualifiés en situation de précarité.
7 March 2012
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Talking about the Revolution: Narratives on the Origin and Future of the Arab Spring
The paper reviews the main structural, institutional, technological, and ideational explanations for the Arab Spring protests. What has been the explanatory value of each of these factors? How are they connected?
21 February 2012
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Le monde arabe, un an après : les véritables enjeux
Si l’année 2011, par l’ampleur des bouleversements politiques qui l’auront marquée, aura constitué une nette rupture qualitative dans son histoire contemporaine, elle inaugure surtout une nouvelle et complexe étape historique.
21 February 2012
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Transition All Over? Lessons from the Experience of the Post-Communist Countries for the Countries of the Arab Spring
The events have given hope to millions in the MENA region of a politically more open and prosperous future. The experience of the post-Communist countries shows that there are many challenges on the way, but also that progress is possible.
19 December 2011
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La mise en place et la crise du système autoritaire dans le monde arabe
Le monde entier a été surpris par l'effet «boule de neige» des révoltes arabes à l'échelle régionale. Et pourtant, les signes avant-coureurs de la déflagration politique et sociale ne laissent aucun doute quant à la perturbation des mécani...
15 November 2011
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Une conditionnalité dépourvue d’effectivité: clause démocratique et gestion des risques dans les relations Euromed
Le «printemps arabe» présente de nombreuses ombres qui ne sont pas encore faciles à déchiffrer. La même incertitude semble entourer les rôles joués par la conditionnalité européenne par rapport aux destinées démocratiques des pays du sud...
15 June 2011
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1975-2008: Pulling Lebanon Together
The Lebanese polity is faced today with two clashing visions. The first is a neo-liberal vision based on respect for basic freedoms and an economy based on a capitalist free market. The other vision is that of a totalitarian religious ideology.
17 November 2008