Articles tagged with: transition
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Wednesday, 25 Jan, 2012
President Ali Abdullah Saleh has finally left Yemen, and now the Yemenis along with the international community must make sure that he does not return.
According to media reports, the president is visiting the United States for medical treatment, but he plans on going back to Yemen before the February election “to head his ruling party.”
Though the president, who is believed to be responsible for the death of hundreds of Yemeni protestors, is immune from prosecution for political c...
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Tuesday, 10 Jan, 2012
Tunisian Prime Minister, Hamadi Jebali, has committed himself to walking a fine line between advocating his own ideology of political Islam and safeguarding a stable democratic transition for Tunisia. If he succeeds he may well invent a model for the region to emulate. If he fails, detractors will claim to have found their evidence that political Islam doesn’t support democracy.
Prime Minister Jebali forms a partnership with the recently elected President, Moncef Marzouki, at the head o...
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Monday, 21 Nov, 2011
A third day of protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square has been met with continued force from the Egyptian Army. The governing Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) is attemptin...
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Tuesday, 4 Oct, 2011
After a number of delays in replacing the interim cabinet, Libya’s National Transitional Council presented a clearer picture of their vision for transition at a press confe...
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Libya: Policy Options for Transition
18 August 2011
Chatham House, Middle East and North Africa Programme
When Chatham House held this 18 August discussion on the transiti...
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From the beginning of Libya’s conflict pundits have been careful to point out the number of different fault lines that could lead to serious challenges during a transitional ...
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Wednesday, 17 Aug, 2011
The delicate smell of jasmine accompanies you wherever you go once the sun sets in Tunis. Ramadan is in full swing here as the ancient rippling streets fill with meandering fam...
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Although Tunisia has been comparatively fortunate, and a modicum of stability has been established in the country, it will still be a long time before a sense of security ret...
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