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A program of the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), focusing on Arab World affairs. CDDRL is a research center at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.

Publications

Topic

Reforming the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Post-Revolutionary Egypt and Tunisia

Amr Adly

Policy Brief

Ongoing upheaval in Egypt and Tunisia since the 2011 revolutions indicates high levels of dissatisfaction with the political order, and expresses a deep desire for a drastic remodeling of the...
Personnel Change or Personal Change? Rethinking Libya’s Political Isolation Law

Roman David, Houda Mzioudet

Policy Brief

Nearly three years after the fall of the Qaddafi regime, Libya’s revolution has stalled. Militias continue to run rampant as the government struggles to perform basic functions. Theoretically to...
Understanding the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Tunisia and Egypt

Amr Adly

Policy Brief

Why has private entrepreneurship in Egypt and Tunisia remained underdeveloped despite decades of economic liberalization and private sector-friendly incentives and reforms? And how can the...
Myopic Solutions to Chronic Problems: The Need for Aid Effectiveness in Yemen

Fatima Abo al-Asrar

Working Paper

This paper offers a close analysis of the key challenges facing the foreign aid sector in Yemen, and presents recommendations to the government of Yemen and the international donor community to make...
Syrian Minorities between Underprivileged Protection and Due Political Representation

Laila Alodaat

Working Paper

This paper addresses the future of the political representation of minorities in Syria following the 2011 uprising and the ensuing period of unrest.

Policy Brief

Reforming the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Post-Revolutionary Egypt and Tunisia

Policy Brief

Personnel Change or Personal Change? Rethinking Libya’s Political Isolation Law

Policy Brief

Understanding the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Tunisia and Egypt

Working Paper

Myopic Solutions to Chronic Problems: The Need for Aid Effectiveness in Yemen

Working Paper

Syrian Minorities between Underprivileged Protection and Due Political Representation

Working Paper

The Copts, the Nation, and the Revolution

Working Paper

Sectarianism and Political Participation in Iraq

Working Paper

Yemeni Women in Transition: Challenges and Opportunities

Working Paper

Yemen’s Transition: Electoral Challenges and Opportunities for Reform

Working Paper

Reforming the Yemen Security Sector

Journal Article

Political Participation and Democratic Transition in the Arab Word

Journal Article

Qatar's Foreign Policy: The Limits of Pragmatism

Journal Article

Public Diplomacy 2.0

Policy Brief

Social Entrepreneurship: Why is It Important Post Arab Spring?

Journal Article

Morocco: Outfoxing the Opposition

Working Paper

Crisis, Coercion, and Authoritarian Durability: Explaining Diverging Responses to Anti-Regime Protest in Egypt and Iran

Policy Brief

From Bad Cop to Good Cop: The Challenge of Security Sector Reform in Egypt

Book

Image Politics in the Middle East: The Role of the Visual in Political Struggle

Working Paper

Democracy, Political Parties, and Reform: A Review of Public Opinion in Yemen

Book

The people want... Street art and power in the new Arab world

Working Paper

Establishing a Lebanese Senate: Bicameralism and the Third Republic

Journal Article

The Transformation of the Arab World

Policy Brief

Voting for Change: The Pitfalls and Possibilities of First Elections in Arab Transitions

Policy Brief

Drafting Egypt's New Constitution Policy Paper

Working Paper

Electricity Sector Reform in Lebanon: Political Consensus in Waiting

Journal Article

Constitutions as Peace Treaties: A Cautionary Tale for the Arab Spring

Journal Article

Iraq: Between the Present and the Future

Journal Article

Hizbullah's Political Strategy

Working Paper

Yemen Between Regime Survival and Systemic Change - Arabic version (اليمن بين خيارات بقاء النظام أو التغيير المنظم)

Working Paper

Yemen Between Regime Survival and Systemic Change - English version

Publication Series

Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication