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The Reality of Egypt’s Revolution: Democracy is a Process

Last month’s election results in Egypt caused widespread frustration. It has already been sixteen months since Mubarak stepped down, they have failed to establish a constitution, justice has not been sufficiently served and v...
by Nadine Tewfik-Saad
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Africa

Morocco’s Youth Government: A Step Towards Better Representation?

Civil society in Morocco took a step towards better policies for young people through the creation of the Moroccan Parallel Youth Government MPYG, which intended to mimic and evaluate Morocco government policies.
by Mohammed Qasserras
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Egypt

Why I Say No to the Military Coup

With no introductions, here is my personal take on the Egyptian recent developments: I disagree with the way they brought Morsi down; if it’s going to be a democracy, then let the impeachment be through the voting ballots...
by Mohamed Belarbi
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Beachside Resorts And Insurgency, Trouble In Paradise?

On February 15th, in the first attack on tourists in almost a decade, a tourist bus driving through Egypt’s Sinaï Peninsula was prey to a bomb attack that claimed the lives of two South Korean tour guides, a South Korean tou...
by Timothy Poirson
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Jordan

Is More Democracy Always the Best Option?

At the outset of the Arab Spring, there were some protests in Jordan, calling for an elected prime minister. But in a country whose monarch is actually doing a great job of working in the interest of his people, has been an act...
by Nadine Tewfik-Saad
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Egypt

The Regionalisation Of Counterinsurgency In Egypt

Conflicts today are increasingly difficult to contain within a single set of borders, and are now more complex in nature due to the multiplicity of actors that each have their own vested interests in the given conflicts. This m...
by Timothy Poirson
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Egypt

Egypt’s Arab Spring: Not a Revolution

The past weeks may have erased in part the legacy of the hard-fought Egyptian revolution of 2011. The decision by the Egyptian judiciary to clear the former president Hosni Mubarak and members of his regime of the deaths of 846...
by Eva Uguen-Csenge
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Middle East

“In Damascus All is Quiet”: Russians Report from Syria

In Russia, support for Bashar al-Assad’s regime cuts across political lines. Deep suspicions of Western motives for military intervention, combined with a domestic history of Islamist rebel groups, lead even the staunches...
by Andrey Tselikov
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Europe

Why public spaces matter in the Twitter revolution, and how they are under threat

For anyone who now questions the uses of Twitter or Facebook, or dismisses them as trivial and unimportant, point them to the Arab Spring. Point them to Tripoli and Tunis, to the fall of Mubarak and the loosening of Assad’s i...
by Gareth Lewis
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