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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Túnez y Egipto: año II de la revolución

El principio de la verdadera revolución será cuando los islamistas abandonen la idea de adaptar la modernidad al islam y dejen que el islam se adapte a la modernidad.

 21 March 2013
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State-Building and the Rule of Law in Post-Revolutionary Arab Societies: The Challenges of Transitional Processes

The meeting brings together academics and researchers from different fields of specialization, with the aim of shedding light on recent social and political developments in the context of the Arab transitions.

 12 March 2013
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État et transition démocratique en Libye Analyse et perspectives

La guerre pour la démocratie en Libye, menée par les pays occidentaux, cache des enjeux économiques et géostratégiques relatifs à la compétition entre les pays occidentaux et les puissances émergentes.

 12 March 2013
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New Islamist Governments in the Face of Social Demands

First session of the cycle "Mediterranean 2013: the consolidation of new powers", which will analyze the situation in North Africa and the Middle East addressing current Euro-Mediterranean relations and their future repercussions.

 11 February 2013
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La question du changement en Algérie

Depuis le début du printemps arabe en Tunisie, une question récurrente est adressée aux journalistes et aux politologues algériens : pourquoi l´Algérie ne bouge-t-elle pas ?

 4 February 2013
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Les partis islamistes a l’épreuve du gouvernement

Les victoires électorales remportées par des formations islamistes dans les derniers mois de 2011 ont amené nombre de commentateurs à populariser l´expression d´automne islamiste. La réalité est d´autant moins conforme à ce cliche.

 9 January 2013

Consejo Nacional Sirio: crónica de un fracaso anunciado

El CNS se ha visto obligado a renunciar al monopolio de la oposición incorporándose a una nueva plataforma reconocida como representante legítima del pueblo sirio.

 21 December 2012

Pugilato en la cumbre de Marruecos

El año 2012 ha sido de difícil cohabitación entre el PJD y Palacio, un tiempo de encuentros y desencuentros, no siempre bien recibidos.

 21 December 2012

Elecciones 2013 en Líbano: ¿más de lo mismo?

El país seguirá secuestrado por la política de bloques que tantos problemas ha generado desde 2005: bloqueo institucional y tensión política que provoca estallidos de violencia periódicos.

 21 December 2012

Perceptions on Democracy and Islamism: Hypotheses and Second-Guessed Predictions

Tunisia emerges clearly as the country with the highest democratic expectations within the Arab World, while the outlook for Egypt raises more doubts and a lot of uncertainty in the case of Libya.

 26 November 2012

Tunisians’ Perspective on Democracy and Political Islam: A Moderate Optimism

Many participating Tunisian experts believe that the prospect for the establishment of a solid democracy in Tunisia is probable or even very probable.

 26 November 2012

Prospects of Sustainable Democracy and Role of Political Islam: Morocco

Something is changing in Morocco and this is for a good reason. Yet referring to it as a genuine democracy would be either exaggerated or seen as a lack a clear understanding of what this concept actually means.

 26 November 2012