Arab Spring

The term is relative and its continued use is worth questioning, argues Saeed Rahnema.

An interview with Canada’s former ambassador to Iran, Egypt, and Jordan, about Iran’s current leadership and the broader role of religion in Middle Eastern politics.

Sule Yaylaci on the critical differences between the protests in Turkey and the Arab Spring.

Ferry de Kerckhove on what the West has gotten wrong about the Arab Spring and what it can do about it.

An interview with Hamadi el-Jebali, Tunisia’s first democratically elected prime minister, about his country’s transition to democracy

Highlights from the 2013 Munk Graduate Student Conference “A World in Flux”.

The Arab world is looking for effective leaders who can deliver real and lasting change, not new strongmen, argues Bessma Momani.

Andreas Sandre on how technology as a whole is changing diplomacy.

Claiming solidarity with other global struggles doesn’t always make it so.

How Canadian citizens and government can help stop the violence in Syria.

The “tyranny of the multitude” can be the flip side of democratic revolution, Roland Paris notes.

Introducing the CIC’s Globalist of the Year: Naguib Sawiris, a key figure in the Egyptian revolution – and also a Coptic.

Hello, CIC Roundtable and comrades Hancock, Pratte and Welsh. I’m looking forward to our virtual conversations on this blog. By way of introduction, I’m a university professor and occasional visitor to the policy world, having served twice in government and as research director of Canada’s largest think tank. Although my own research focuses on international […]