Governance & Political Reform

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

Balance desigual de las revueltas árabes

“Hay que enseñar democracia en el colegio, aprender qué es la diversidad, la diferencia y la identidad. No nos convertimos en demócratas por orden de alguien, sino porque sabemos cómo funciona este régimen político”.

Argelia 2014, regreso al pasado

Los comicios han provocado la movilización de figuras del régimen que preparan la sucesión desde dentro, y la de sectores de la oposición, hasta ahora divididos por fracturas ideológicas.

Elecciones y retorno de la violencia en Irak

Al Maliki asume un nuevo mandato afectado por la guerra civil siria y oscurecido por tensiones terroristas, religiosas y sectarias, el autoritarismo y la corrupción.

The 2014 Constitution of Egypt: an Overview

In January 2014, a new permanent Constitution came into force in Egypt. It was the second such document since January 2011, and the fourth considering the two temporary constitutions adopted by constitutional declaration in March 2011 and July 2013.

Ungovernable Bosnia? From the Ruling of the European Court of Human Rights on the Sejdić-Finci Case to the Government Crisis

In the past years, politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been marked by continuous crisis and blockade. Reforms in the country have largely stagnated and the accession process is stalling.