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Published in: HomeDemocracy in revolution: the Mediterranean momentBy showing us the possibility of democracy in revolution, they have ignited a revolution in democracy, one that is...
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Published in: HomeTunisia: wasn’t this what we hoped for?
Following the successful revolution of January 2011, Tunisia has begun to rebuild itself. There are many challenges...
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Published in: HomeA global revolution is under way
It is necessary to find a new system where decisions can only be taken if they have sufficient support from the...
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Published in: openSecurityVoice of freedom is more powerful than any drone
The killing of Anwar al-Awlaki has dealt Al-Qaeda a major blow, but the more profound challenge to the terrorist...
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Published in: HomeArab spring: revolution to constitution
The Arab uprisings of 2011 can be understood as the striving for a new social contract founded on constitutional and...
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Published in: HomeA message to the west: what can ‘they’ learn from ‘us’?
For all those who are afraid or suspicious, I invite them to go to the streets of Syria. One main defect with...
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Published in: HomeThe Arab 1989 revisited
The establishment and deepening of a democratic culture is a long-term project and is intergenerational. As...
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Published in: HomePart 2. Tunisie Profonde: spring, summer and the coming electionsOn her return from Tunisia, the author kept in touch with some of the young people in the south, and began a diary...
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Published in: HomeTunisia: brief encounters, Part 1The author, who travelled to Tunisia last April, recorded her multicultural experiences at a time of revolution to...
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Published in: openSecurityDay long siege of the United States Embassy and Nato command in central Kabul brought to an end
Afghan forces, aided by ISAF have managed to end the attack on the US embassy, Nato headquarters and police...
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Published in: openSecurityAll sides guilty of breaching international law in Somalia
All sides guilty of violating international law in Somalia, says new report. Wave of attacks rock Iraq. Assault on...
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Published in: HomeThe green shoots of the Arab Spring
The Arab Spring is frequently portrayed as a series of uprisings against oppressive regimes. A more...
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Published in: HomeWestern complicity in the crimes of the Ben Ali regime
Often overlooked in the western press have been the collective, or one could say national, grievances of the...
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Published in: HomeGlimpsing the Tunisian Revolution
Tunisian activists, more than anything else, are proud of themselves for returning their country to global history,...
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Published in: 50.50Tunisia: will democracy be good for women's rights?
History reveals an abundance of democratic paradoxes: cases in which progress on women’s rights regressed in the...
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Published in: HomeThe Arab revolutions and al-Qaida
The democratic wave in the Arab world confirms the emptiness of al-Qaida’s ideology, strategy and rhetoric. The...
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Published in: HomeNorth African diversities: a personal odyssey
The era of European colonial rule in the Maghreb was one of great plurality and intermingling of cultures as well as...
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Published in: HomeA message from the front line
Does Europe offer a model for a solution to xenophobia, or is it a major part of the problem; or is it just in a...
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Published in: HomeAl-Qaeda post-Bin Laden: what next?
The Salafi-jihadist movement is losing its recruitment pool in the Arab world. Its latest strategies look elsewhere,...
