Insights & Analysis
Elections in Tunisia Face Credibility Test
Tunisians have toppled a dictator: but the opening of voter registration shows there are still many challenges that lie ahead on the road to democracy.
Iraq’s Never-Ending Process of Forming a Government
Advocates of al-Maliki’s second term said that Iraq had formed a truly inclusive and effective government. More than a year after parliamentary elections, the country is still crippled by sham ministries and political stalemate.
An Independent Voice for Egypt’s al-Azhar?
In the aftershocks of Midan Tahrir, al-Azhar declares its support for democracy, pluralism – and its independence from a government that has long manipulated it.
Morocco: Reforming the Constitution, Fragmenting Identities
The enshrining of Amazight as an official language in Morocco's newly approved constitution will have a lasting impact on Berber identity politics in North Africa.
Bahrain’s National Dialogue and the Ever-Deepening Sectarian Divide
By continuing repressive tactics and assigning the National Dialogue’s leadership to a figure outside the royal family, Bahrain’s monarchy alienates not only the moderate Shi’i opposition group al-Wefaq, but its traditional supporters in the community as well.
Kuwait’s Prime Ministerial Dilemma and the Prospects for Constitutional Monarchy
Although not the crown prince, Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammed al-Sabah is still "untouchable" to parliament, and his reappointment only perpetuates the government's continuing stalemate with itself.
Europe and its Arab Neighbors: New Wine in Old Skins
The continuing uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa have prompted European nations to rethink their relations with the Arab world as well as the frameworks within which pan-Mediterranean cooperation has taken shape.
Interview on Security Reform in Egypt with Mohamed Kadry Said
Mohamed Kadry Said, a military and technology advisor and head of the military studies unit at the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, discusses security sector reform in Egypt in an interview with Arab Reform Bulletin Editor Michele Dunne.