MODEL COUNTRIES IN POLITICAL ANALYSIS. Is Turkey a Model for State-Building in the Arab World? Jean Monnet Occasional Paper No. 10/2014 [PDF]
This study analyzes the Turkish case as a model country for the state-building processes in the Arab world in the aftermath of the Arab revolts that took place in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya.
Dikici Bilgin, Hasret, Güney, Aylin
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Political Change in the Middle East: An Attempt to Analyze the "Arab Spring" [PDF]
This article deals with the Arab Spring as a process of deep political change in the Arab world, previously the only major world area where authoritarianism persisted unchallenged for decades. While in various countries of the Arab world mass protests in
Beck, Martin, Hüser, Simone
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Trends in a tumultuous region: Middle East after the Arab Awakening [PDF]
Two years after the start of the Arab uprisings, the Middle East remains as tumultuous as ever. Despite the uncertainty and flux, a number of emerging trends will influence the region in the post-revolutionary period and well into the future.The first ...
Lydia Khalil
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spotlight europe #2013/04, May 2013: The Changing Face of North Africa. An Opportunity for and with Europe. [PDF]
North Africa is changing fast, and its youthful societies look back with pride at their recent uprisings. However, they are also getting frustrated by the fact that the economic outlook is not improving.
Behrendt, Sven, Hanelt, Christian-P.
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New trends of women’s activism after the Arab uprisings: redefining women's leadership [PDF]
This paper considers the nature of activism and revolutionary process in the 21st century by examining some of the dilemmas involved in the case of Egypt.
Muhanna-Matar, Aitemad
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Pasca-Islamisme dalam PAS: analisis terhadap kesan tahalluf siyasi [PDF]
This study discusses the impact of post-Islamism in the Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS), specifically on tahalluf siyasi (political alliance) with Pakatan Rakyat (People Coalition).
Muhammad Faiz Mukmin Abdul Mutalib, +1 more
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Inside the Transition Bubble: International Expert Assistance in Tunisia [PDF]
Following the January 2011 revolt against President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali,Tunisia had its first exposure to the vast complex of international expert assistance for transitions.
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Battlefields of the Republic - the struggle for public space in Tunisia [PDF]
This paper argues that the Tunisian revolutionary moment of 2011 and its aftermath have opened up spaces that are capable of providing a framework for the agonistic politics associated with democratic possibility.
Tripp, Charles
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A new hybrid in Arab politics: Unstable authoritarianism [PDF]
While the recent collapse of political order in the Arab World calls for short term security politics, Europe has a long-term interest in remaining steadfast in its push for political reform.
Boserup, Rasmus Alenius, Wichmann, Jakob
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Salafism in Tunisia: challenges and opportunities for democratization [PDF]
Cavatorta, Francesco +2 more
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