Iran’s security forces have little incentive to ease up on protesters
Will forces remain loyal to the regime? That might depend on their business networks.
It’s been 10 years since the Arab Spring. Why did people protest then — and not now?
Egyptians are facing much the same conditions: military rule, harsh repression and economic difficulties. Here’s what makes the difference.
This may be the largest wave of nonviolent mass movements in world history. What comes next?
Social media has made mass protests easier to organize — but, perhaps paradoxically, harder to resolve.
In 2011, Egyptians quickly tired of protest. Here’s why that matters for Sudan and Algeria.
New research suggests demonstrations eroded popular support for democracy during the Arab Spring
How the death of Egypt’s former president shows changing politics
The Egyptian government’s widespread violence toward the Muslim Brotherhood and other opposition parties is strengthening them.
How will the African Union respond to the military overthrow in Sudan?
It has not responded consistently to unconstitutional changes in government.
Lessons for Algeria from the 2011 Egyptian uprising
Bouteflika promises not to run again, but the Algerian deep state remains.
Will Venezuela’s military back — or abandon — Maduro? Here are the 4 things it will consider.
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Eight years after Egypt’s revolution, here’s what we’ve learned about social media and protest
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Egypt banned the sale of yellow vests. Are the French protests spreading?
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Military defections didn’t determine the Arab uprisings
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This big factor is at the heart of political protests all over Middle East
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Egypt’s new political system of one: Its president
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In Egypt, the opposition is calling for a boycott of this month’s election. Will it work?
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Egypt’s election is coming soon. The real battle begins afterward.
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Was the mosque massacre in Egypt preventable?
Last week’s attack on worshipers at a mosque in Egypt was
What went wrong for Mugabe? Most aging dictators don’t get toppled by coups.
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How 9/11 created a feedback loop for international jihadism
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Hosni Mubarak is free again. What does this say about Egypt?
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How social media undermined Egypt’s democratic transition
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How Arab authoritarian regimes learned to defeat popular protests
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Why unarmed revolutions topple some dictators but not others
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Why two islands may be more important to Egyptian regime stability than billions in Gulf aid
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What’s really wrong with the U.S.-Saudi relationship
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Why Egyptians have mobilized against public sexual violence
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Why did Egyptian security see Giulio Regeni as a threat?
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Online activists support uprisings around the world. Here’s what we know about them.
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Are coups good for democracy?
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What has changed in the five years since Egypt’s police sparked a revolution — and what hasn’t
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Contrary to popular opinion, Egypt’s transition wasn’t always doomed to fail
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What was the Egyptian military thinking after the revolution?
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Did the Arab uprising destroy the Muslim Brotherhood?
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Why fear explains the failure of Egypt’s revolution
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When he bombs Syria, Putin is sending these four messages to the world
On Sept. 30, the Russian Parliament unanimously approved the use
Egyptian parliamentary elections are just a sideshow in the Sissi regime
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How to get reelected if you are an Iranian MP
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Who is running the Egyptian state?
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How leaked Saudi documents might really matter
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Executive election rules in dictatorships matter. Here’s why.
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Can there be good Middle Eastern state-owned enterprises?
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A bold new Arab vision…for 2009
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Why Tunisia didn’t follow Egypt’s path
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Why Tunisia didn't follow Egypt's path
This post is part of the “Islamist Politics in the
How the West selectively promotes democracy through sanctions
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Arab transitions and the old elite
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Militaries, civilians and the crisis of the Arab state
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The resurgence of Arab militaries
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Burkina Faso and the growing vulnerability of autocrats to revolt
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Arab youth activism for gender equality
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Burkina Faso’s uprising part of an ongoing wave of African protests
In 1984, a year after coming to power at the
The evolution of Islamism since the Arab uprisings
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Why Egypt’s military orchestrated a massacre
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Explaining the Arab uprisings
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The hunt for stable democracy
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Political science after Gaza
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Maliki has only himself to blame for Iraq's crisis
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Maliki has only himself to blame for Iraq’s crisis
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Sisi channels Salazar…whoever he was
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A new political dilemma for Egypt’s ruling military
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A new political dilemma for Egypt's ruling military
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This is what Arab election season looks like in 2014
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Autocrats now more vulnerable to being ousted by revolt
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How social media spreads protest tactics from Ukraine to Egypt
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How repressing the Brotherhood could have unintended consequences in Egypt
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Why Sit-Ins Succeed – Or Fail
In view of today's events in Egypt, I wanted to
Morsi was No Role Model for Islamic Democrats
The following guest post is from UT-Austin political scientist Jason
This is Not the End of Islamism in Egypt: Beyond the Pro- and Anti-Islamist Divide
We welcome another guest post from Elizabeth Nugent, a PhD student in the
2012 Egyptian Presidential Post-Election Report: President Asterisk
We are pleased to welcome back University of Texas-Austin political
Mubarak, Obama, and Washington’s Culpability for Arab Dictators
This is a guest post by Jeremy Pressman. His earlier
The Defense Lobby and Aid to Egypt
A forthcoming article (non-gated version here) by Lars Berger shows
Moral Hazard in Authoritarian Repression and the Fate of Dictators
As part of our continuing relationship with section newsletters of
Tunisia Post-Election Report II: Free Fair and Meaningful
Continuing our series of election reports, we present a second
Why Now? Micro Transitions and the Arab Uprisings
We are pleased to welcome the American Political Science Association's
A Quick Response to Mubarak Leaving: Why Do Protests Ever Bring Down Governments?
In light of the "rumored coming resignation of Egyptian President
Scholasticism
"Dan Drezner":http://drezner.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/02/04/the_continued_hostility_to_political_science is annoyed again at Apoorvah Shah. "Shah writes":http://blog.american.com/?p=26189
Revolutions Know No Subfields
We are pleased to welcome the following guest post from
Egypt: Corruption, not the State of the Economy, is the Real Problem
I am pleased to welcome "Professor Lisa Blaydes":http://www.stanford.edu/~blaydes/ of Stanford
A New Twittered Revolution?
Foreign Policy's Turtle Bay reports that former IAEA chief and