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  1. Tunisia At The Crossroads

    ...llowing the 2011 ouster of long-time ruler Zine al Abidine Ben Ali and into a young democracy. As prime minister of the transitional government in 2011, the secularist Mr Essebsi could have caused all sorts of problems for the ‘Islamist’ Ennahda party which won the October 2011 elections. He chose not to...

    Volume: 62
    Issue: 31
    Published at Fri, 02 Aug 2019

  2. Syria: Territorial Disintegration Looms As Conflict Enters New Stage

    ...r deserters and draft dodgers, apparently to boost numbers in his conscription army. According to the anti-regime British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, there are some 70,000 draft dodgers in government controlled areas alone. Since the beginning of the civil war in March 2011, the Sy...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 31
    Published at Fri, 31 Jul 2015

  3. Libya: Anarchy Entrenched As Fighting Continues

    ...uld be a first step towards strengthening central government in the aftermath of the 2011 revolution that toppled Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi. The despot left behind few state institutions that could be used as the basis for a functioning government; instead power quickly fell to the disparate militia groups th...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 31
    Published at Fri, 01 Aug 2014