Algeria | Council on Foreign Relations

Authoritarianism

Strongmen Are Weaker Than They Look

Authoritarians are on the rise around the world, but history shows they’re mostly helpless.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook March 13, 2018 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Iraq

Weekend Reading: The U.S., Iran, and the KRG; Remembering Bentalha

Reading selections for the weekend of September 15, 2017.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook September 15, 2017 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Iraq

Weekend Reading: Mosul's Troubles, the Legacy of the Algerian Civil War, and Syria's War Economy

Reading selections for the weekend of July 28, 2017.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook July 28, 2017 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Algeria

Weekend Reading: Iraq’s Marshes, Lebanon’s Elites, and Algeria’s Islamists

Reading selections for the weekend of May 5, 2017.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook May 5, 2017 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
France

How the French Debacle in Algeria Shaped the Rise of Marine Le Pen—and What America Can Learn From It

Marine Le Pen's neofascist movement was fueled by lingering resentment over a military humiliation. Maybe ours too.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook May 1, 2017 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Iraq

Weekend Reading: Fighting in Mosul, Innovative Booksellers, and Algeria's Jewish Heritage

Reading selections for the weekend of April 28, 2017.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook April 28, 2017 From the Potomac to the Euphrates

Tunisia

Weekend Reading: Ben Ali’s Flight, the Nawari of Gaza, and Algeria’s Independence Reconsidered

Reading selections for the weekend of February 3, 2017.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook February 3, 2017 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Algeria

Weekend Reading: Egypt’s State of Idiocy, Darth Mediene, and Libya’s Tribes

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook November 6, 2015 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Algeria

Weekend Reading: Egypt’s Informers, Algeria’s Political Complexities, and The Non-Intifada

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook November 14, 2014 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Algeria

Weekend Reading: Algeria’s Police Protest, Yemen’s Houthis Move In, and Egypt’s Liberals Explained

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook October 31, 2014 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Algeria

Bouteflika’s Last Election

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams April 18, 2014 Pressure Points
Politics and Government

Weekend Reading: Boutef Again, Bringing Democracy Back to Turkey, and Hep-C in Egypt

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook April 11, 2014 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Middle East and North Africa

Algeria, Young and Old

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams February 27, 2014 Pressure Points
Sub-Saharan Africa

Is AQIM’s Influence Growing in Nigeria’s Boko Haram?

Blog Post by John Campbell October 17, 2013 Africa in Transition
Turkey

Weekend Reading: Egypt’s Pharaoh, Algerian Foreign Policy, and Democracy in Turkey

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook October 11, 2013 From the Potomac to the Euphrates