The results and consequences of the elections in Tunisia are analyzed by Nadia Marzouki, Bruce Maddy-Weitzman and Daniel Novotný in three new EuroMeSCo briefs: Four Keys to Understand Tunisian Politics after the Elections; Tunisia: The Next Phase; The Coming of the “Arab Autumn”: Lessons Learned from Tunisia’s Democratic Transition. On Syria, there are two new briefs: Why Syria’s Crisis Is Political in Nature, by Raja AbdulKarim, and Syria’s New Political Player", by Wael Sawah. (Read the briefs)

The political processes that have emerged as a consequence of the Arab Spring have generated a wide range of possible scenarios. Some countries will consolidate their democratisation processes and others might suffer a return to ancient authoritarian political systems. Either way, protesters throughout the region have shown a strong will to put an end to the Arab exceptionalism.

This EuroMeSCo report reviews the debates held in the EuroMeSCo Annual Conference 2011 “A New Mediterranean Political Landscape? The Arab Spring and Euro-Mediterranean Relations”, held in Barcelona on 6-7 October 2011. 

Yahia H. Zoubir, Director of Research in Geopolitics at EUROMED MANAGEMENT (Marseille), says that "the question remains whether the regime [in Algeria] is genuinely seeking to bring about tangible structural reforms and initiate an authentic transition to democracy." See full text in pdf

Ahead of the bid for recognition that Palestine will present to the United Nations next week, EuroMeSCo is publishing four Briefs on the issue by Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Muriel Asseburg, Pol Morillas, Meliha Benli Altunisik and Shlomo Brom.