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As Lebanon continues to flatten the coronavirus curve and as the country opens up again, the protest movement is largely expected to make a comeback, with protestors again voicing demands for an independent judiciary, accountability, early parliamentary elections, and financial reform—among others.
Constitutional amendments would allow Algiers to participate in peacekeeping operations and send army units abroad.
Lebanon is in the midst of an economic free fall, the degree to which is jaw dropping.
The Lebanese armed forces’ Covid-19 response has been a success, but potential problems remain.
Lebanon’s politicians know they must save their country from an implosion in order to save themselves.
Lebanon’s economy was collapsing, until the coronavirus lockdown made matters even worse.
While countries worldwide have announced lockdowns to block the coronavirus, North African governments are using the opportunity to further quell freedom of expression and advance their agendas. Will civil society stand their ground?
A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
Despite ongoing public dissatisfaction with the government, Algerians, along with much of the global population, remain confined to their homes.
The authorities in Algeria are exploiting the coronavirus lockdown to stifle the country’s protest movement.
Countries in the Middle East and North Africa have been witnessing a resurgence of the uprisings that had swept the region in 2010 and 2011. Many experts described what was called the Arab Spring as a failure, with countries descending into conflict or reverting back to autocratic tendencies, while populations abandoned protest squares. Yet with the unwillingness of Arab governments to tackle the many sources of dissatisfaction at home, citizens have returned to the streets to demand good governance and economic opportunities in twelve of the 22 Arab countries. Carnegie scholars in Beirut and throughout the region offer their analyses of this new wave of protests, explaining its causes, characteristics, and consequences for the politics, economies, and security of the countries involved, and for the broader region in general.
