arab spring

Mass protests could put an end to the ethnic clientelism that has empowered corrupt leaders. But demonstrators must stand their ground or risk being co-opted like those who rose up in 2005.

As demonstrations erupt from Iraq to Lebanon to Egypt, the United States is sending strong signals that it no longer has any stomach for democracy promotion.

Police unions are using their country’s newfound freedoms to protect themselves—and attack freedom fighters.

On the podcast: Algeria’s Arab Spring has been peaceful so far, but its future remains uncertain.

The Middle East’s latest protests seem like the Arab Spring all over again. That’s no reason for optimism.

The 82-year-old Abdelaziz Bouteflika has pledged to step down, but the protesters’ victory won’t be complete without a genuine democratic transition.

روح الربيع العربي لا تزال مستمرة كما أظهرت الاحتجاجات الكبيرة في الجزائر والسودان.

Major protests in Algeria and Sudan show that the spirit of 2011 lives on.

By allowing a refugee soccer player to remain stranded in Thailand, soccer’s governing body is scoring another own goal.

Egypt faced terrible repression during the Nasser, Sadat, and Mubarak eras, but nothing like today’s sustained cruelty.

In an interview, Tunisian foreign minister says Western-led action in Libya in 2011 was reckless.

And that’s that for the Arab Spring.

Sometimes the only way to end a conflict is to forgive those who were behind it.

Tunisia’s democratic achievements are under threat. Here’s why a fake “national consensus” isn’t the answer.

How Assad’s forces bombed a democratic experiment into oblivion.

Tunisia is supposed to be the success story of the Arab Spring — so why are so many of its young men flocking to the Islamic State?

If you want to understand the Middle East (in Washington, D.C.), ditch the think-tank panels and catch the photo exhibits and hip-hop shows by Arab artists.

The intervention didn’t go according to plan. But the Democratic front-runner doesn’t think withdrawing from the Middle East is the answer.

Not too long ago, Ankara was working to promote democracy across its region. But an increasingly authoritarian President Erdogan has lost interest.

The Ennahda party was widely seen as a threat to Tunisia's democratic transition. Instead, it helped drive it forward.