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April 2013

• 9 Apr 2013
  Film Screening: "Karama Has No Walls"
  Author: Nawal Al-Maghafi, Abubakr Al-Shamahi, Awssan Kamal
  Publisher: Chatham House
  This is the transcript of a panel discussion on the film "Karama Has No Walls" and the situation in Yemen two years after the 'Friday of Dignity', a crucial turning point in the Yemeni uprising against former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.  More on «Film Screening: "Karama Has No Walls"»
• Apr 2013
  Waiting for Change: The Impact of Transition on Local Justice and Security in Yemen
  Author: Erica Gaston, Nadwa al-Dawsari
  Publisher: United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
  This report looks at the political transition and government reform in Yemen following the Arab Spring upheavals.  More on «Waiting for Change: The Impact of Transition on Local Justice and Security in Yemen»
• Apr 2013
  China’s Strategic Shift towards the Region of the Four Seas
  Author: Christina Lin
  Publisher: Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW)
  This paper analyzes the Chinese engagement in the Middle East.  More on «China’s Strategic Shift towards the Region of the Four Seas»

March 2013

• 26 Mar 2013
  Probing for Chemical Attacks in Syria
  Author: Gregory D Koblentz
  Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
  This paper addresses the danger represented by the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war.  More on «Probing for Chemical Attacks in Syria»

February 2013

• Feb 2013
  Armées et société dans le monde arabe: entre révolte et conservatisme
  Author: Jean-François Daguzan
  Publisher: Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS)
  Cet article, à partir de l’apport théorique existant, essaye de réévaluer le rôle et la place des armées dans les processus politiques dans une période de transformation en profondeur du monde arabe.  More on «Armées et société dans le monde arabe: entre révolte et conservatisme»
• Feb 2013
  Long‐Term Monarchical Survival in the Middle East
  Author: André Bank, Thomas Richter, Anna Sunik
  Publisher: German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
  The survival of eight monarchies during the “Arab Uprisings” of 2011 has put center stage the fundamental question about the durability of this subtype of authoritarian regime.  More on «Long‐Term Monarchical Survival in the Middle East»
• Feb 2013
  Arab Civil Society at the Crossroad of Democratization
  Author: Stefanos Vallianatos
  Publisher: Center for International and European Studies (CIES) / Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation (BST)
  This paper looks at the role of civil associations in the uprisings that the Arab world has experienced since the end of 2010.  More on «Arab Civil Society at the Crossroad of Democratization»
• Feb 2013
  The Arab Spring and Climate Change
  Author: Anne-Marie Slaughter, Troy Sternberg, Sarah Johnstone, Jeffrey Mazo, Francesco Femia, Caitlin Werrell, Michael Werz, Max Hoffman, David Michel, Mona Yacoubian
  Publisher: Henry L Stimson Center
  This collection of essays argues that the consequences of climate change are stressors that can ignite a volatile mix of underlying causes and erupt into revolutions.  More on «The Arab Spring and Climate Change»

January 2013

• 2013
  The Evolving Ruling Bargain in the Middle East
  Author: Mehran Kamrava, John Foran, Nadine Sika, Abdullah Al-Arian, Shadi Hamid, Saïd Amir Arjomand, Nader Hashemi, Marie Duboc, Bahgat Korany, Ziad Abu-Rish, Russell E. Lucas, Quinn Mecham, Thomas Juneau, Bassam Haddad, Dirk Vandewalle
  Publisher: Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS)
  This publication scrutinizes the ways in which domestic political arrangements in the Middle East are evolving.  More on «The Evolving Ruling Bargain in the Middle East»

December 2012

• 18 Dec 2012
  Middle East in 2013: Promise and (Lots of) Peril
  Author: Robin Wright, Garrett Nada
  Publisher: United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
  The Middle East faces even bigger challenges in 2013 than it did during the first two years of the so-called Arab Spring.  More on «Middle East in 2013: Promise and (Lots of) Peril»

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