1st Edition

North Africa in Transition The Struggle for Democracy and Institutions

Edited By Ben Fishman Copyright 2015
160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

This book is the first comprehensive examination of North Africa’s political, security, and economic developments since the 2011 Arab Uprisings shook the Middle East. North Africa in Transition examines how the people and governments of North Africa have responded to the Arab uprisings that shook the region’s politics in 2011. With individual chapters detailing key developments in... Read more

Introduction, Ben Fishman 1. Tunisia, Nicole Rowsell 2. Libya, Borzou Daragahi 3. Morocco, Haim Malka 4. Algeria,  Geoff Porter 5. Regional Jihadism, Jean-Pierre Filiu 6. Economic Priorities, Svetlana Milbert Conclusion, Ben Fishman

Biography

Ben Fishman is consulting senior fellow for the Middle East and North Africa at the IISS. He served for four years on the U.S. National Security Council, most recently as Director for North Africa and Jordan. An expert on Libya and Israeli-Arab affairs, he has published in the New York Times, Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Survival on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.