M. Steven Fish and Katherine Michel wrote a piece highlighting what Tunisia has done right on its path to democratic reform. Despite the country’s issues with security and unemployment, Fish and Michel emphasize that the constitution's call for ...

Protesters are set to march in Kuwait City to protest against an amendment to the electoral law ordered by Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah last month ahead of a snap December 1 parliamentary election. “There are mediators working ...

Syrian opposition leaders will be meeting in Qatar next week to revamp the structure of the Syrian National Council (SNC). The meeting will focus on the election of new leaders and ensuring the body is more representative of minority opposition ...

Prime Minister Ali Zeidan proposed a new cabinet to the Libyan General National Congress on October 30. Zeidan indicated that the cabinet would include members of the liberal National Forces Alliance, the Islamist Justice and Construction party, as well ...

Jordan's electoral authority announced that general parliamentary elections will be held on January 23, but the Muslim Brotherhood-linked Islamic Action Front reaffirmed their decision to boycott the polls. "The Islamist movement's position definitely has not changed. Almost all our reform ...

The American Enterprise Institute (A.E.I.) released a graph along with cited sources, illustrating the number of injuries and casualties sustained in Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen since the start of the Arab Spring. The chart is ...

Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah provoked outrage by opposition groups after suggesting an amendment to a key constituency electoral law. Demonstrations comprised of between 5,000-20,000 people also broke out yesterday. Speaking to the protesters, former lawmaker Musallam al-Barrak

Ali Zidan won 93 votes in the Libyan General National Congress to become prime minister on October 14. A career diplomat under Muammar Qadhafi, Zidan defected in 1980 to join the exiled opposition. Zidan made clear ...

In a statement released on October 14 the Ennahda party, along with members of Tunisia's ruling coalition, agreed to schedule presidential and parliamentary elections for June 23, 2013. The announcement also indicated that an amended parliamentary system would be established. "We ...

Abdullah Ensour was appointed prime minister by King Abdullah II, with the task of forming a new government ahead of upcoming parliamentary elections. No deadline has been set for the establishment of a government, but it would be in ...

The Libyan General National Congress rejected Prime Minister-elect Mustafa Abu Shagur's proposal for an emergency government on October 7. The plan, composed of 10 governing ministries, failed to pass by a vote of 125 to 44. Seventeen members of parliament ...

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of downtown Amman on October 5 to call for a boycott of the upcoming parliamentary elections. The demonstration was the largest since weekly protests began in early 2011. Jordanian opposition groups ...

After the Syrian military shelled the Turkish border town of Ackakale, killing five Turkish citizens, Turkish Prime Minister Recept Tayyip Erdogan responded by proclaiming, “Under the rules of engagement and international law, Turkey will never let the ...

Photo Credit: Reuters Following mass protests, Libyan President Mohamed al-Magarief ordered any militia that does not fall under the government’s authority to disband within 48 hours, an action praised by Secretary Hillary Clinton. The militias ...

Libya's National Congress voted to bar any current members from serving as prime minister in the next government. The vote passed overwhelmingly in favor of the motion, in what is a major step in defining the separation of powers ...

At a press briefing on August 23, State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland confirmed U.S. support for Egypt's $4.8 billion loan request to the IMF. She outlined Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's commitment to a three-stage process which would allow ...

A new draft abortion law in Turkey would require women to listen to the fetal heartbeat and watch a video on the procedure before finalizing their decision. The commission drafting the law at the request of Prime Minister Recep ...