Deconstructing Fukuyama

Spring 2020 / Book Reviews

Taking apart the arguments of division that underscore the populist movements emerging in today’s liberal democracies

Reinventing Peace in Syria

Summer 2019 / Essays

For Syria, and the rest of the world, the era of liberal peacebuilding has passed. But there are other ways to make peace, which call for a return to basics and a new kind of “software”

The World To Be

/ Midan

World experts discuss future global developments such as the rise of Asia, the impact of demographic changes in the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa, and the role of the Global South in the world.

On the Politics behind Tunisia’s Protests

January 17, 2018 / Tahrir Forum

Analysis on why the recent protests erupted in Tunisia.

The Challenge for Liberalism

Winter 2017 / Midan

The year 2016 has demonstrated that the West, the liberal order the Arab World sought to become a part of, was going through an identity crisis of its own.