Christopher K. Lamont is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe challenges of building a shared Iraqi identityIf we take the fracturing of Iraqi memory to be an indicator of the direction Iraq is headed, then it is clear that reconciliation will also entail reconciling such competing narratives of Iraqi history, and thus identity.
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Published in: HomeTunisia: in search of a political exit from political violence
In addition to the transitional process falling into paralysis, there is also a palpable sense of insecurity. The political assassinations, once relatively unknown in Tunisia, are now picking up their own deadly momentum.