Five years after popular protests toppled the regime of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia continues its transition toward democracy and has established a political dialogue that has been recognized by the international community.
International actors in the Middle East have widespread effects on the political and economic development of the region.
Libya’s fragmentation and the devolution of power—to armed militias, tribes, and towns—has created a power vacuum that the Islamic State is exploiting.
Over the course of five years, the uprising in Syria against President Bashar al-Assad has turned into an intractable war destabilizing the entire region.
The Arab Spring uprisings have spurred a new discussion of political theory among academics in the Middle East.
Marginalized for decades under former presidents Habib Bourguiba and Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, the Tunisian military has begun to see its fortunes reverse after the 2011 revolution.
This all-day conference brings together leading scholars from around the world to examine security and governance challenges in the Maghreb-Sahel.
A confluence of fateful missteps during and after the revolution set Libya on a downward spiral that will probably take years to reverse.
The results of a Carnegie survey of Arab experts provide considerable insight into the Middle East’s policy dilemmas.
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosted a review of its first Arab Experts Survey. Conducted in both English and Arabic, the survey represents the views of more than one hundred accomplished political thinkers representing almost every Arab country.