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Israel in 2015

In its 67th year since independence, Israel has many reasons to look back with great satisfaction on major achievements at home and abroad. Yet the country has not reached a stage of stability.

 24 agosto 2015

Jordan: Resilience against All Odds

While the entire region has been mired in crises and conflicts, the Jordanians have shown a remarkable resilience, proving yet again the strategic significance of Jordan to its Western allies.

 21 agosto 2015

Eluding Normalcy: Egypt’s Political Situation

Alongside the massive revolutionary upheavals, a significant trend among public attitudes in Egypt has arguably reflected a growing need to restore ‘normalcy’ and ‘order,’.

 20 agosto 2015

The Tunisian Transition: Torn Between Democratic Consolidation and Neo-Conservatism in an Insecure Regional Context

The Tunisian transition is a very particular and unique case, and not a “model”. Compared to other states in the MENA region, it is the only country where a comprehensive process of democratic consolidation is taking place so far.

 19 agosto 2015

Libya’s Dangerous Divisions

Four years after the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya finds itself torn between two governments, two parliaments and two army chiefs.

 17 agosto 2015

Morocco 2014: The Return of Authoritarianism

2014 was the third year of the Benkirane administration. The cabinet led by him resulted from the early elections brought on by the 20 February Movement protests occurring over the course of 2011.

 17 agosto 2015

Tunisia’s Evolution over the Past Months: The Security and Political Situation

Although the tragic events of the Tunisian Revolution allowed the overthrow of the head of the authoritarian regime, the consequences of the latter’s policies demonstrate the limits of an artificial stability.

 14 agosto 2015

The Maghreb: Common Challenges and Diverging Approaches to Transition

Three years after the events that shook the Arab world, the Maghreb region is still experiencing an unprecedented terrorist threat.

 13 agosto 2015

Algeria and its Permanent Political Crisis

The specificity of the Algerian regime is that, at the State cupola is a bicephalous structure in the form of a legitimising real power belonging to the military hierarchy, and a formal power that directs the government administration.

 12 agosto 2015

From Maribor Spring to Tuzla Revolt: Beyond the Protest Moments in Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia

The global economic crisis has led to a much broader crisis in Europe. Not surprisingly, the situation in the European semi-periphery and periphery continues to be even worse.

 11 agosto 2015

Party Systems in Disarray, and the Emergence and Consolidation of New Actors in Southern Europe

At the start of 2014, as the run-up to the May European Parliament elections started to gain speed, an unprecedented nervousness prevailed amongst EU political elites.

 10 agosto 2015

The State of the Arab State: Stocktaking and Reorientation

As an alienated, and alienating, besieged structure, the Arab State is in crisis. This crisis is not, however, Lowi’s “fiscal crisis,” but a deep and chronic one.

 27 julio 2015