America is turning away from support for democrats in Arab countries in favor
of'pragmatic'deals with tyrants to defeat violent Islamist extremism. For too many …

The uprisings that led to regime change during the early period of the Arab Spring were
initially inclusive and pluralistic in nature, with men and women from every political and …

This book offers a comparative, theory-grounded study of Maghrebi political parties since the
Arab uprisings, specifically focused on Tunisia and Morocco in the first decade after the …

Names: Cavatorta, Francesco, editor.| Storm, Lise, editor.| Resta, Valeria, editor. Title:
Routledge handbook on political parties in the Middle East and North Africa/edited by …

The aim of this chapter is to identify parliamentary liberal-secular parties in Arab MENA
countries and to explain their position in their respective political systems. First, the …

Samuel Huntington, almost half century ago, explained how the state capacity is
fundamental to guarantee order in societies in transition. Francis Fukuyama, recently …

Until recently, political parties have been largely ignored in analyses of the politics of the
Middle East. Parties were seen as irrelevant to an understanding of political dynamics under …

In 2011, a mass protest in Tunisia initiated what came to be called the Arab Spring. It also
set in motion other political struggles throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) …

This chapter reviews the state of play with regard to scholarship on political parties in the
Arab Middle East. It examines work on party ideologies, functions and organisation as well …

Objective: In this article, the authors aim to provide a reasoned answer to the question of
how Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has shifted the nature of power in the country to …