Egypt: This is Not Graffiti
“Street art is a synchronized global expression that serves as alternative media and the potential to induce social and political change through utilizing public space as a form of questioning reality...
View ArticleSyria’s Democrats Need Support
Syria’s democratic opposition is despondent. Established in November 2012, the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces (Syrian National Coalition), an umbrella organization...
View ArticleU.S. Democracy Promotion in the Arab World: an Undemocratic Project
Born out of the US government’s desire to exercise control over Latin America, democracy promotion has been a practical tool of imperialism for the past several decades. Now, with US sights set on the...
View ArticleInstitutionalism in Egypt’s Transition to Democracy
Strong state institutions—namely the judiciary, legislature, and executive branch—are the essence of democracy. Such institutions perform several key functions in government, including checking and...
View ArticleThe Aborted Revolution in Morocco
Though still struggling for survival more than two years after its inception, Morocco’s pro-democratic February 20 Movement (also known by its French acronym M20F) has lost much of its luster. The...
View ArticleTheories of Democratic Transition: the Case of Egypt
Democratization is a popular topic in political science scholarship. Over the last few decades, as many countries around the world have attempted to transition to democracy, policy practitioners have...
View ArticleThe Struggle for Democracy in Palestine
It is hard to fault those who question the effectiveness of recent U.S. efforts to restart peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine. Like many previous efforts, this round is already fraught...
View ArticleSpecial Collection: Democratization in MENA
Since the start of Iran’s Green Movement in 2009 and the ‘Arab Spring’ revolutions that began in December 2010, scholars have attempted to critically approach these events in light of continuing...
View ArticleTurkey: Elections Don’t Mean Democracy
On July 3, Egemen Bağış, the Turkish minister responsible for EU affairs, tweeted about developments in Egypt: “It is hypocritical of those who tolerated Mubarak for decades to reject a leader chosen...
View ArticleSectarianization: An Interview with Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel
The following is a transcription of an interview with Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel, editors of the pioneering new book, Sectarianization: Mapping the New Politics of the Middle East. At the site of...
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