Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Since the 2011 uprisings across the Middle East, each year has proven more challenging than the last. With conflicts spreading across the region, 2015 will follow a similar pattern.
Tunisia was the first country that underwent an Arab Spring transition to democracy and has been the most successful so far. But what challenges still lie ahead?
The murder of Egyptian Christian hostages by the Islamic State in Libya raises the alarm that the militant group is expanding from its territory in Syria and Iraq.
France and Saudi Arabia have agreements on a number of issues, such as Iran’s nuclear program, but France has several concerns about the way Saudi Arabia is positioning itself toward the Arab Spring.
The Arab world is facing a vacuum of leadership. It is a new era, one that still has unknown repercussions.
Power in the twenty-first century is a less concrete asset than it once was.
Social media can both play a role in the dispersion of power and is itself a consequence of that dispersion.
While the tribal, sectarian, and ethnic mosaic of the region is one aspect of why democracy has not taken hold in the Arab world, more important is the lack of experience in governing institutions.
The age of ideology in the Arab world is drawing to a close.
Egyptian officials have objected to the negative stories that have been coming out about the human rights abuses in Egypt as part of a very broad crackdown that’s been going on for almost a year.