“We are starting a new phase,” Nobel peace laureate Tawakkol Karman recently told crowds at Sana’a’s Change Square, expressing a sentiment that’s come to be shared by leading analysts.
“Maybe the most unique post-revolutionary political process happening in any country …
“The Obama administration warned Friday that nations such as Iran, Russia and Venezuela are turning up pressure on human rights other activists, decrying what it described as a global crackdown on the ‘lifeblood of democratic societies,’” the Associated Press …
As coalition forces prepare to leave Afghanistan, two leading observers consider what the international community should do to ensure that the country’s next elections are freer and fairer than the last.
“Since the U.S. has promised at least $5 …
Reports that Muslim Brotherhood members accused of detaining and torturing opposition activists are to face trial are highlighting the Islamist group’s intolerance of dissent and ambivalent attitude towards political violence.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Administrative Court will make a ruling on …
The failure of young democracies in so many regions of the world has had enormous consequences, writes Joshua Kurlantzick. Most obviously, the renewed strength of authoritarian rule means that billions of people continue to live under repressive or pseudo-democratic …
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“The refusal of international powers to provide Patriot missile support for rebel-held areas of northern Syria sends a message to President Bashar al-Assad to ‘do what you want’, Syrian opposition leader Moaz Alkhatib said” today, Reuters reports:
Alkhatib, a …
The Obama administration should ditch its current security-focused approach to Yemen and adopt a long-term strategy that combats the “factors that allow extremist ideology to spread: the absence of basic social services, a worsening food shortage, and chronic unemployment,” according …
Democratic backsliding in Eurasia, Egypt’s dependence on foreign subsidies, Kenya’s elections, Russian anti-corruption initiatives and the U.S. military’s efforts to help promote democracy feature in this week’s Democracy Lab roundup:
Anna Nemtsova sends a dispatch from Moscow on the …
If Yemen’s National Dialogue Conference fails, “all Yemenis will lose, not just the ruling elite,” says a leading commentator.
“The real question facing the NDC is: should we be a civil state or an Islamic state?” Dr. Nabil Al-Sarjabi, a …
Syrian opposition leader Moaz Alkhatib today urged President Bashar al-Assad to enter a dialogue to end the violent conflict and help “the regime leave peacefully,” Reuters reports:
The moderate Islamist preacher announced last week he was prepared to talk …