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Andrea Teti is Director of the Centre for Global Security and Governance and Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Aberdeen and Senior Fellow at the European Centre for International Affairs. His research focuses on Mediterranean politics and political theory. He has published on EU, Egyptian and Italian politics, on democratization theory, constructivism and post-structuralism.

 

Articles by Andrea Teti

Egypt: from uprising to revolution?

Andrea Teti 12 March 2013

The two and a half weeks between January 25 and February 11, 2011 proved that in Egypt there is a strong demand for social, political and economic justice, and that the established political elites – religious or secular – are badly out of step with those aspirations.

Hoping for an Italian Spring?

Andrea Teti 10 March 2013

More widely, what the M5S’ success represents is a challenge to the approach to economic reform which has too often rewarded the rich responsible for the problems, while making the working classes pay for Europe’s economic mess.

While Rome was burning: Berlusconi and the politics of Italy’s patronage

Andrea Teti 8 December 2012

On the day of his resignation, many in Italy held up signs saying "game over for Berlusconi". On the contrary, this is where the game begins, says Andrea Teti. This piece was first published on November 14, 2011.

The revolution continues: Morsi’s miscalculations and the Ikhwan’s impasse

Andrea Teti, Vivienne Matthies-Boon, and Gennaro Gervasio 3 December 2012

After President Morsi’s Constitutional Declaration providing him with unprecedented sweeping powers, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt faces unprecedented protests. Is this a sign of its political weakness?

Egypt’s presidential run-off: legal limbo and the transition to nowhere

Andrea Teti and Gennaro Gervasio 19 June 2012

The best way for the military to retain its privileges would be to step back from its high-visibility role. The more time that passes, though, the higher the cost of doing this will be — as the military’s iron grip on institutions drives opposition forces towards, and not away, from each other

NATO’s Middle East policy reform: learning from EU failures

Andrea Teti 21 May 2012

In response to Josiah Surface, Andrea Teti argues that NATO must think innovatively about the assumptions underpinning past policy. The EU’s past experiences in dealing with MENA countries point to a number of mistakes NATO should avoid reproducing.

Italy’s elections, austerity, and the European Social Model

Andrea Teti 11 May 2012

The message that seems to emanate from local elections in Italy as well as the European polls of the last weekend is a resounding mistrust in and repudiation of ruling politicians, their methods, and their policies – austerity first and foremost. Traditional parties should beware the costs of ignoring it.

Europe and NATO's response to the Arab Uprisings

Andrea Teti 7 May 2012
Western governments need to recognize that authoritarian regimes are often fierce but not strong; that privatisation is rarely the road to liberalisation, much less democratization; and that Islamism was as wrong-footed by the uprisings as they were

The politics of Egypt’s elections

Andrea Teti and Gennaro Gervasio 5 December 2011
The military may wish to maintain its economic and political stranglehold, the Brotherhood may feel its time has come, and progressive groups may want to push for real change. But for the time being the Egyptian people remain an enigma.

The Egyptian gambit

Andrea Teti 20 September 2011
Ignoring the revolution's demands stokes up tensions that found their short-term release in the attacks on the Israeli embassy in Cairo. In the long run their consequences may be far graver for the regime.

The politics of fearlessness

Andrea Teti 5 February 2011
While Egypt’s second January Uprising continues it is already clear that Middle Eastern politics will never quite be the same again, argues Andrea Teti

Egypt's post-democratic elections: political meaning beyond the menu of manipulation

Andrea Teti and Gennaro Gervasio 14 January 2011
Egypt's recent elections went very much as expected. This, however, doesn't mean they were insignificant.

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