Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Reforms and development in the wake of the Arab Spring protests in Morocco have addressed some surface issues but have failed to resolve underlying structural problems.
Following the ouster of Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has altered its goal from societal outreach to organizational survival.
International actors in the Middle East have widespread effects on the political and economic development of the region.
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.
Jordan has largely weathered the regional tumult of the Arab Spring, but underlying economic class disparity and uneven development across the country remain pressing issues.
Recent events in Syria threaten to plunge the region into a broader conflict.
Countries that underwent Arab Spring uprisings have taken divergent paths in the five years since the protest movement swept the region.
The conflict in Yemen has produced a humanitarian disaster, but possibilities remain for bilateral negotiations between warring parties.
Without a credible partner on the ground, Western governments are struggling to develop a strategy to combat the spread of the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Libya.