The social, political, and economic grievances—above all, the demand for human dignity and justice—that gave rise to the Arab uprisings six years ago are not going away.
Tales of Algeria’s impending implosion are, frankly, ridiculous.
The Carnegie Middle East Program’s wide-ranging new report, Arab Fractures: Citizens, States, and Social Contracts, argues that new political and socioeconomic models are needed to address the crisis of governance and lack of pluralism at the heart of regional disorder.
Carnegie’s Middle East program is releasing a major new report on the state of the Arab world.
Islamist militant and jihadist groups thrive on disenfranchised youths who lack opportunity and services in their native countries.
Carnegie Middle East announces the release of a major new report on the state of the Arab world.
The Egyptian government’s readiness to utilize conspiracy theories, defamation, hate speech and populism to justify repression has made it easier for the military establishment to systematically violate citizens’ rights and to disregard the principles of the rule of law without fearing accountability.
Designating the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization may actually backfire.
Jonathan Winer, who has served as the U.S. State Department’s special envoy for Libya and Senior Advisor for Mojahedin-e Khalq Resettlement, spoke with Carnegie’s Frederic Wehrey.
Societies worldwide are grappling with political, technological, economic, and cultural transformations. However, the inherent pressures have been particularly combustible in the Arab world, given institutional deficiencies and the proliferation of conflict, sectarianism, and radicalization.