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February 3, 2017

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.

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

January 14, 2011

Politics and Government
The Last Days of Ben Ali III

A man embraces a soldier as protesters walk past soldiers while shouting slogans during a demonstration against Tunisian President Ben Ali in Tunis (STR New/Courtesy Reuters) Update: Hats off to tho…

The Last Days of Ben Ali III
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

September 5, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Nelson Mandela Returns Home from Hospital

On September 1, Nelson Mandela was released from the hospital after an eighty-nine day stay and returned to his Johannesburg house. According to the presidency, Mandela’s condition “remains critical …

A get-well message is seen on a brick outside former South African president Nelson Mandela's garden in Houghton, Johannesburg August 31, 2013.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

February 7, 2012

South Africa
Lessons Learned: Nelson Mandela’s Release from Prison

Nelson Mandela's release from prison has lessons for understanding international relations today.

Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

December 10, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
Nelson Mandela and the Land Question in South Africa

A year after the death of Nelson Mandela, his reputation for reconciliation is undiminished. However, a more rounded evaluation of his career is emerging, one that takes into account the difficult ch…

Nelson Mandela
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition