Miloud Barkaoui is Professor of American politics at Badj Mokhtar-Annaba University, Algeria.
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Published in: HomeWinds of change: the Arab Spring and the “Algerian Exception”This Maghrebi state has so far been spared the domino effect of recent revolts in the region. The iconic slogan, “the people want to topple the regime” has been remarkably absent from the protests, and the stability of Algeria is seen in the west as pivotal to the continuation of the process of change in the whole Maghreb.