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From our Affiliates
Tunisia after 25 July: Prospects for a Country in Crisis
Aug 16, 2021Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Three weeks after what many considered as a coup against the constitution, Tunisian President Kais Saied continues to enforce measures aimed at changing the na…
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Tunisia’s Presidential Coup: Circumstances, Characteristics, and Potential Outcomes
Jul 30, 2021Unit for Political Studies
On Sunday, July 25, 2020, Tunisian President Qais Saied dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and promised to appoint a replacement, took over judicial auth…
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Tunisia’s Night Protests: Background and Repercussions
Jan 28, 2021Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
Tunisia is still vulnerable to more tension due to structural economic and social crises and the failure of political elites to agree on a national project tha…
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Netanyahu’s Fifth Government: Securing Legal Immunity and Annexing the West Bank
May 27, 2020Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
A week before his trial was due to begin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu managed to form his fifth government in alliance with the leader of the Blu…
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Iraq’s Al-Kazemi Government: Real Change or a Temporary Settlement?
May 20, 2020Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
The formation of the new government in Iraq may represent a window of opportunity for gradual political change that is less costly than toppling the entire reg…
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Will the Defeat of Haftar in the West of Libya Lead to Reviving the Political Process?
Apr 22, 2020Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
Haftar's losses in recent battles in western Libya may convince him and his domestic and foreign supporters that they should pursue a peaceful resolution to th…
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The Moscow Summit: Will the Ceasefire Hold in Idlib?
Mar 11, 2020Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
The failure of previous arrangements regarding Syria suggests that the latest ceasefire agreement between Turkey and Russia may only be temporary. Read this an…
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Could the Presidential Elections Constitute a Milestone for Algeria?
Dec 18, 2019Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
Tebboune’s presidential test in the coming months will be in his ability to gain the confidence of Algerians in general, and the popular movement in particular.
Policy Analysis
The Lebanon Uprising: Causes and Ramifications
Oct 24, 2019Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
Lebanon’s protests have been unique and inclusive and are united by a wish to topple the ruling political class and abandon the system of sectarian power-shari…
Policy Analysis
The Tunisian Elections: Surprise Results and Challenges Ahead
Oct 21, 2019Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
Tunisia after its elections will be ruled by a governmental coalition the nature of which will depend on the relationship between the new president and the new…
Policy Analysis
Presidential Elections in Tunisia: Reading the First Round Results
Sep 25, 2019Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
The results of the first round of the 2019 presidential elections in Tunisia represent an early crisis for a regime marked by the fragmentation of the party ma…
Policy Analysis
Transitional Period Agreement in Sudan: Opportunities for Success and Threats of Failure
Aug 26, 2019Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
There remain serious obstacles on the road to secession by Yemen's Southern Transitional Council, especially the contrary aims and programs in the various sout…
Policy Analysis
Libya: Controlling Oil, Fearing Partition
Jul 16, 2018Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
In light of Libya’s institutional fragmentation between east and west, control of the Oil Crescent and its revenues has become a determining factor in the coun…
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The Rise of the Right and the Adoption of the Clash of Civilizations – When Democracy Spawns the Antithesis of Liberalism
Dec 30, 2016Azmi Bishara
Experience confirms that participation in actual government limits the ability of right-wing populist parties to use their most important storyline of a politi…
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The Crisis of Political Islam – a Five Part Series
Jun 21, 2016Azmi Bishara
PART ONE"Political Islam is the end result of the enforced separation of religion and governance, leaving Islamist groups in crisis from their very inception" …

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