Trois facteurs ont rendu possible la réconciliation palestinienne : le rapprochement entre le Hamas et l’Égypte, la crise économique à Gaza et l’élection de Yahya al Sinwar.
The year 2016 was a turning point for the consecutive and dramatic events that had engulfed Lebanon following the eruption of the civil war in Syria in 2011.
Turkey began 2017 with great political momentum. In January a constitutional reform package was signed off aimed at substantially modifying the semi-presidential system and replacing it with a full-blown presidential one.
Jordan, an oasis of political stability surrounded by volatility, remains for the most part, unscathed six years after the Arab Spring shook – and even overthrew in some cases – its neighbours.
Egypt is still undergoing a prolonged complex transition that affects the trajectory of political reform in the country.
In 2016, five years after the start of the Tunisian revolution, the time for an initial assessment seems to have arrived.
Since Tunisia triggered the so-called Arab Spring, which has dashed so many hopes and caused so much misfortune throughout the Arab and Muslim world, Algeria seems to be on standby.
Après le référendum, l’espace public pour la divergence, aussi bien dans les médias que sur le terrain politique, a été sérieusement amputé.
Face au Brexit, Trump ou aux populismes, les Européens sont plus conscients de ce qui a été abouti, même s’ils exigent des réformes. C’est au tour aux leaders de se montrer à la hauteur.
One cannot understand the Italian crisis of recent years, primarily during the period from the 2014 Renzi government to the present, without focusing on the specifics of Italy.
Moroccan politics in 2016 were marked at the institutional level by developments leading up to and following the 7 October legislative elections, the last quarter, therefore, seeing the year’s most decisive events.
The relative stability of the occupied Palestinian territories largely escaped international attention. No significant opposition emerged to challenge the status quo in the OPT, despite high dissatisfaction.
