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.
La guerra siria ofrece a los líderes suníes más radicales una plataforma para aumentar su visibilidad. Y ello con el apoyo de Futuro, que pretende así desestabilizar al gobierno.
En su lucha por la participación y la transparencia, la nueva generación digital busca construir una ciberdemocracia como la mejor garantía para controlar a las instituciones.
Tras las revoluciones, los partidos islamistas prestan cada vez más atención a la web 2.0. El riesgo es que decidan utilizarla más como medio de propaganda que de diálogo.
The Tunisian revolution of January 2011 was primarily a social revolution whose roots went back to the economic and social difficulties that had given rise to significant protests in 2008 in the Gafsa region.
Indisputably, the Arab Spring has drastically reshaped the political landscape in MENA. Yet this scene is markedly diverse, heterogeneous and, most importantly, one of rivalry.
Political reform in Egypt is not a new issue. In fact, a large number of Egyptian documents, even governmental ones, shows that reform has always been high on the agenda.
How can it be that Islamist movements or parties, whose place in the groundswell of protest had been secondary, have nevertheless succeeded in taking the upper hand at elections?
Understanding the origins of the contestation movement in the Arab region and the demands for social justice and accountable governance would better equip Europe to avoid repeating past behaviours.
Understanding the democratisation process in the successor states of the former Yugoslavia is of key importance for the European integration of these countries and their stabilisation, after the violent conflicts in the 1990s.
The election of a new national assembly in Libya is good news in several respects. Perhaps the first piece of good news is the simple fact that it actually took place and did so in a relatively peaceful atmosphere.
The Algerian regime is not only subject to new regional pressure, but has been experiencing for years the demands of a population that, over the course of twenty years, has tasted the freedom arising from the political opening up of 1989.
