Governance & Political Reform

Egypt’s Struggle for Stability in a Volatile Environment

Egypt’s Struggle for Stability in a Volatile Environment

The lack of channels for social demands creates the conditions for sudden explosions of anger. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed some latent contradictions within Egyptian society.

 15 September 2020
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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.

 17 June 2014

Morocco 2013: A Year of Crises

The second year of the government led by the Islamist Abdelilah Benkirane in Morocco was a tough one, marked by a drop of more than 60% in foreign investment.

 12 June 2014

Greece: Monitoring the Crisis

Greece has been experiencing six years of continuous recession that produced the longest and deepest depression in history during peacetime. Deep crises polarise society and drive a wedge between the ‘official version’ and the reality on the grou...

 12 June 2014

Israel: Domestic Politics and the Israel-Palestine Arena

During the years 2012-2014, Israel has experienced a period of relative stability, especially as compared to its immediate neighbours (Egypt, Syria and Lebanon), all of which have been impacted by the effects of the “Arab Spring".

 5 June 2014

Algeria: A Transition without a Programme?

The re-election of Abdelaziz Bouteflika on 17 April 2014 for a fourth consecutive term was surprising, above all for the announced voting results. Indeed, the incumbent, who was not able to campaign for health reasons.

 4 June 2014

Tunisia: Waiting for Spring

Three years after the fall of the former dictatorial Ben Ali regime on 14 January 2011 that set off the shock wave of popular uprisings of the Arab Spring, where is Tunisia now with regard to its project for democratic transition?

 3 June 2014
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Turkey and the Seemingly Unstoppable Erdogan

Turkey’s embattled prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, mired in allegations of corruption and the target of massive protests against his authoritarian rule, appears to be invincible. AKP party swept the board in March’s local elections.

 14 April 2014

Turquía en 2014: elecciones y democratización

El país vive una etapa difícil, con un primer ministro cada vez más denostado y una oposición sin el empuje suficiente para ofrecer una alternativa solvente de gobierno.

 21 March 2014

Radiografía política de Egipto

Las piezas que componen el panorama político se dividen según su relación con las disposiciones constitucionales, posteriores a Morsi, y con el paradigma de la guerra antiterrorista.

 21 March 2014

Crisis de legitimidad del Estado en el mundo árabe

No es en los temas comunitarios o étnicos donde hay que buscar la solución a los problemas de legitimidad de los Estados árabes, sino en las políticas económicas y sociales.

 21 March 2014

Ennahda, de la polarización al ‘consenso’

Las tentaciones hegemónicas del movimiento islamista parecen disminuir en favor de un proceso consensual. ¿Pragmatismo o táctica?

 21 March 2014
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Transitions in the Arab World. Constituent Processes, the Egyptian Case

Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron makes a comparative analysis of the different constitutional processes in North Africa, especially from the case of Egypt, in a conference at the IEMed.

 6 March 2014