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June 1, 2012

Regional Organizations
Weekend Reading: The EU and the Arab Spring, Iraq’s Constitution, and Syria’s Economy

Nathalie Tocci writes about the EU’s response to the Arab Spring after more than a year after its beginning. Reidar Visser discusses Maliki’s consolidation of power. Jihad Yazigi predicts the econo…

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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:" …

May 13, 2024

Asia
Early Signs From President-Elect Prabowo Subianto Are Worrying

As President-Elect, Prabowo Subianto, widely accused of past rights abuses, is already showing signs that he may further damage Indonesia's fragile democracy.

President-elect Prabowo Subianto and vice president-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka wave after the country's election commission officially announced them as the presidential election winners in Jakarta, April 24, 2024.

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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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).

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…

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