Gouvernance et réforme politique

Constituent Processes and the Role of State Powers in the Transitions in North Africa

In Morocco (2011), Tunisia (2014) and Egypt (2012 and 2014), the adoption of a constitution has been considered as a central element to complete the democratic transition process.

The Dangerous Impasses of the Libyan Transition

The ousting of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan on 11 March 2014 by the General National Congress (GNC, the Libyan Parliament), closed the sequence that began with the legislative elections of 7 July 2012, the first free elections since 1969.

Egypt: An Overview

Egypt’s problems are easy to point out and difficult to resolve: for the next two decades at least, it will need to create at least one million jobs per year, if it wants to absorb the new arrivals on the labour market and remain afloat.

Constitutions of Arab Countries in Transition: Constitutional Review and Separation of Powers

The real democratisation seems to have stalled in most of the Arab Mediterranean, and the region’s newly established and newly empowered constitutional courts are doing little to effectively promote further democratisation.

The Rise of The Far Right in Europe

While there are multiple economic, social, cultural and political causes for the current rise in the radical right in various European countries, it is difficult to say which is the most important.

Serbia-Kosovo: Six Years after the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) of the Republic of Kosovo

Three days after the announcement of the Agreement’s signing, the Commission formally recommended that the negotiations be started with Serbia and that a Stabilisation and Association Agreement be negotiated with Kosovo.

Taking Stock of the Arab Post-Revolutionary Period: Elections, Parties and Public Opinion

Almost four years after the revolutions that shook many of the Arab countries, their diverse geographies and societies have turned each political transition into a distinct and specific case.

The Moroccan Constitution of 29 July 2011

The Moroccan Constitution of 29 July 2011 is the first constitution promulgated under the reign of Mohammed VI. The role of the circumstances under which it emerged should not be overestimated.

Constitutionalism in 2014: Basic rights in Egypt and Tunisia

Save for Tunisia, the country where the ‘Arab Spring’ started, the year was morose for those who believed in the promises of the revolution that had brought down four despots three years earlier.

Implementing Tunisia’s New Constitution

Tunisia has achieved an elusive goal in the political development of the Arab Mediterranean: a democratic constitution drafted outside the influence of a foreign occupier or an authoritarian dictator.

Seeing the Trees, yet Not Losing Sight of the Forest: the Gezi Eventand Politics of Contestation in Turkey

Un bilan mitigé des révoltes arabes

Ecrivain franco-marocain dont le travail fut consacré par le Prix Goncourt en 1987, membre de la prestigieuse Académie Goncourt, Tahar Ben Jelloun est l’auteur francophone contemporain le plus traduit dans le monde. Son engagement contre le racis...