The Tunisian constitution represents both a reassuring consensus among the political elites and an important demonstration that they recognise the crucial importance of making political compromises in managing pluralist systems.
Al-Qaeda-linked groups including the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and Jabhat al-Nusra have consolidated their power in Syria in recent weeks, particularly in the country’s north, but have they overshadowed moderate elements of the opposition?
The lesson from the streets of Brazil, Turkey, and the Arab world is to avoid underestimating social movements still in their infancy.
The fall of Morsi wasn’t a military coup, but the danger is that it will lead to one
Protesters have reoccupied Taksim Square in Istanbul following a police withdrawal after two days of protests left 53 civilians and 26 policemen injured, with nearly 1000 people arrested.