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The Election Basar 2016

By ShamsAugust 3, 2016Media, Politics2016, american politics, arab spring, britisch premier, david cameron, donald trump, election basar, election campaign, election market, french president, hillary clinton, hot arab summer, hot candidate, khans family, libyan leader, muammar al gaddafi, nicolas sarkozy, obama administration, oval office, president, the apprentice, traditinal politicians, united states

November is just few months away. Two top candidates are getting busier with their campaigns. Election market is very hot at the moment. It’s all about going into the Oval Office. (more…)

Text of Secretary of State John Kerry’s remarks at 2014 Class Day

By Guest PostMay 19, 2014Politics1970, arab spring, Bill Gates, biologische schaedlingsbekaempfung, brian smale, congress, der maikaefer, earth day, ethan jackson, hermann strasser, jim crow, john kerry, Mark Zuckerberg, mustapha debboun, Philippines, project premonition, secretary of state, t s eliot, text, typhoon, Vietnam, winston churchill

John Kerry ’66 was the featured speaker at the Class Day ceremony on May 18. He was introduced by two of the events co-chairs: Nia Holston and Josh Rubin. Here is a transcription of his address. (more…)

New book explores challenges for democracy in North Africa

By Guest PostFebruary 16, 2014Politicsalgeria, arab spring, arab world, ben ali, challenges for democracy, democracy, explore, Facebook, islam, islamist ennahda, jacopo granci, libya, lise storm, maghreb region, mauritania, middle east expert, morocco, new book, north africa, party politics, president bouteflika, regime, tunisia, Twitter, university of exeter

The uncertainties surrounding the long-term prospect of democracy being fully embraced by North African nations embroiled in the Arab Spring rebellions are the focus of a fascinating new book.

The book, called ‘Party Politics and the Prospects for democracy in North Africa’, explores whether traditional political parties have adapted in response to growing demands for democracy in the region in recent years.

Author Dr Lise Storm, a Middle East expert from the University of Exeter examines whether a less authoritarian approach has been integrated, or whether existing parties have simply reinvented themselves to meet today’s expectations. (more…)

Istanbul Panel Offers Multiple Perspectives on Middle East-West Issues

By Guest PostMarch 5, 2013Politicsarab spring, foreign policy forum, istanbul panel, middle east

“There is a tendency in the West to stay ignorant to what Islam stands for,” noted Ryan Crocker, a former U.S. ambassador who is currently senior fellow at Yale’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, speaking at a panel held in Istanbul on Feb. 21. (more…)

Commentary: Ian Straughn: Is Egypt’s Revolution in Doubt?

By Guest PostNovember 28, 2012Politicsanthropology, arab spring, ashwaiyat, authoritarianism, cairo, cease fire, egypt, egyptians, elected president, gaza, gaza ceasefire, hamas, ian straughn, israeli forces, joukowsky family librarian, middle east studies, mohamed morsi, multiple vectors, muslim brotherhood, presidential decree, slums, tahrir square, united states

Egypt’s new democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi recently made world headlines on two accounts. The first was for his central role in brokering a cease-fire in Gaza between Israeli forces and Hamas. The second, which followed almost immediately after the deal was confirmed, was a highly controversial presidential decree that would temporarily insulate his legislative and executive decisions from any judicial oversight. Ian Straughn, visiting assistant professor of anthropology and Joukowsky Family Librarian for Middle East Studies, analyzes the return of protesters to Cairo’s Tahrir Square and the future of the Arab Spring in Egypt. (more…)

Dictators in The Dock

By Guest PostDecember 23, 2011Politicsabdullah al senoussi, al capone, arab spring, Argentina, augusto pinochet, Chile, dictatorial regimes, dictators, dictatorship, egyptian president, embezzlemen, ex dictators, exile, hosni mubarak, human rights, hypothesis, intelligence chief, international criminal court, juan maria bordaberry, justice cascade, kangaroo courts, kathryn sikkink, latin america, libya, malefactors, military junta, moammar gadhafi, prosecution, sadam hussein, saif al islam, slobodan milosevic, trial, university of minnesota, uruguay, violations, yugoslavia and serbia

*Human rights trials for ex-dictators speed healing*

If dictators who torture, kill, or otherwise abuse their citizens’ human rights are overthrown, should they be brought to trial?

On one hand, convicting and punishing an ex-dictator and his minions would strike a welcome blow for justice in countries where it has been denied. (more…)

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