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May 30, 2014

Iran
Iran and the Arab World

What are Iran’s goals in the Arab world?  Michael Young, the always insightful opinion editor of Beirut’s Daily Star newspaper, wrote this week that Iran has "two sets of contradictory objectives:" …

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

May 31, 2024

Sudan
The World’s Shameful Neglect of Sudan

The disregard paid to Sudan’s brutal conflict is an indictment on the international community.

A member of the Sudanese Armed forces walks between damaged buildings, more than one year into the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, in Omdurman, Sudan on April 7, 2024.
Blog Post by Michelle Gavin Africa in Transition

October 17, 2014

Political Movements
Weekend Reading: The Artful Arab Spring, Disillusionment in Sidi Bouzid, and Rethinking Fragmented States

St. Lawrence University offers an interactive look at the Arab uprisings through the lens of graffiti art. Michael Marcusa examines the revolutionary spirit of the youth of Sidi Bouzid three-and-a-h…

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

March 25, 2016

Americas
CSMD Spring Break Reading List

As Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy (CSMD) heads into spring break, here is what we will be reading. “This Week in Markets and Democracy” will return, relaxed and refreshed, on Friday, April 8…

People walk on the rock at the Trou aux Biches beach on the Indian Ocean island Mauritius (Reuters/Jacky Naegelen).
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Development Channel

January 4, 2012

Nigeria
A Nigerian Spring?

A vendor displays a newspaper showing headlines of an increment in the price of petrol in Lagos January 2, 2012. (Akintunde Akinleye/Courtesy Reuters) This is a guest post by Jim Sanders. Debate co…

A Nigerian Spring?
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition