While Central Asia faces socioeconomic challenges similar to those of many Arab Spring countries, there have been no major signs of popular discontent in the region.
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The rise is partly a reaction to the excesses of the more mainstream militant groups.
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Responding to the concerns of minorities would have ensured the success of the 1848 revolutions– this is the most important lesson for today’s Arab revolutionaries.
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The author investigates the similarities between the Arab Spring and the revolutions that swept Europe in 1848.
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Is Morocco moving towards a democratic state, or will last year’s constitutional reform be the only gesture the monarchy makes towards change?
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A broad mobilization of civil society organizations, media, and citizens in Colombia in recent days has created the biggest political crisis of the presidency and an extraordinary defense of the rule of law by the people of Colombia.
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It seems that the longer and more violent the uprising, the more likely that state institutions, including the armed forces, will succumb to exhaustion and collapse.
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Mr. Al-Eryani discusses the transition process in Yemen; regional dynamics since the uprisings; al-Qaeda in Yemen; and what to do about Syria.
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Ms. Younis describes the evolution of a vibrant protest movement and an Egypt that has come to look like San Francisco but still has a military regime where women are “not at the table.”
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Nora Younis is a human rights activist, journalist, and blogger, and the website managing editor of Al-Masry Al-Youm, one of the most well-known newspapers in Egypt. As a human rights activist, Ms. Younis won the Human Rights First (HRF) thirtieth anniversary award in 2008 for her work using new media tools to expose human rights […]