Perspectives on the Arab Spring

Over the past several years, I have been reflecting on the Arab Spring from the perspective of the international community’s response, its implications for international security, and the violent nature of most of the transition processes. These posts have become more broadly focused on the Middle East and (North) Africa and more irregular as time has past…

27 Jan 2021 – Building peace through subnational governance: The case of Libya

26 Jan 2021 – Yemen: Engaging, Not Isolating

2 Dec 2020 – Libya: Subnational Governance as an Anchor of Stability

2 Apr 2015 – Al-Shabaab’s violence can’t be tackled by force alone

27 Jun 2015 – Extremism must be a problem shared

15 January 2015 – Al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch claims Paris attacks

5 December 2014 – The threat posed by Islamic State

2 December 2014 – A Proposal for the Syria Crisis–

3 February 2014 – Al-Qaeda: thinking local in regional turmoil

20 November 2013 – Recovery from Arab Spring will take a generation

12 September 2013 – Syria and the wider crisis of international diplomacy

30 August 2013 – Commons vote on Syria: a step in the right direction?

26 August 2013 – From Egypt to Syria: the start of the Arab Winter?

14 August 2013 – Tears and terror as Egypt slides towards civil war

7 August 2013 – West has key role to play amid al-Qaeda resurgence

5 July 2013 – Egypt: where turmoil comes with the constitution

17 June 2013 – The US decision to supply military aid to Syrian rebels

14 June 2013 –Syria casts its shadow as G8 leaders gather

7 June 2013 – From Arab Spring to regional sectarian war?

18 April 2013 – Managing Expectations in Yemen’s National Dialogue

13 March 2013 – International Conflict Management after Libya

13 April 2012 – Libya’s Arab Spring: What lessons for the EU?

14 March 2012 – Developing the National Dialogue in Yemen

21 February 2012 – Yemen: Key challenges for the national dialogue

23 January 2012 – Yemen ‘after’ Saleh: Let the crises continue?

25 November 2011 – Three lessons from the Arab Spring so far

23 October 2011- What role for the EU in the new Libya?

22 October 2011 – Libya after Gadhafi: Challenges and Opportunities

20 October 2011 – A New Beginning for Libya

6 September 2011 – Post-conflict Reconstruction in Libya

3 September 2011 – Libya’s Draft Constitutional Charter

1 September 2011 – A new Libya will involve difficult compromises

30 August 2011 – Five Lessons for Building a Post-Gadhafi Libya

25 August 2011 – Building a democratic state for the new Libya

22 August 2011 – Three questions on Libya and one on the region

28 July 2011 – Libya: Planning for the Day after

28 June 2011 – Libya: 100 Days On

31 March 2011 – Three reasons not to arm the Libyan rebels

21 March 2011 – Libya: A solution worse than the problem?

3 November 2010 – How to deal with Yemen