CAMILLE ABESCAT – DECEMBRE 2021 Though rarely achieving what they set out to, democracy promotion programs are not without political impact. The e-Parliament project in
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The Jordan Compact’s Failure to Create Jobs and Power Exports: Explaining a Missed Opportunity
EMMA EMPOCIELLO – DECEMBER 2021 The Jordan Compact was designed to pioneer a new, hybrid modality of emergency response and developmental aid. Much has been
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Authoritarianism in Jordan, a transnational production: Interview with Benjamin Schuetze
June 2021 CAMILLE ABESCAT, EMMA EMPOCIELLO, SIMON MANGON Jordan has long been one of the highest recipients of US and European “democracy promotion” funding. Severe
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From 2014 to 2018, the war on the Islamic State deeply affected the Middle East, and attracted the world’s attention in the process. Throughout, Noria tirelessly documented its local dynamics in both Iraq and Syria. Rather than ushering in the demise of the Iraqi and Syrian states, our researchers disassembled how the war brought about the reinvention of these political orders in ways obvious and subtle. Moving beyond the superficial analyses that fill so much of the discourse around the topic, this series also revealed how the war was leveraged by state and sub-state actors in order to muzzle popular voices and perpetuate authoritarian practices
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Reflection on the Sudanese revolutionary Dynamics
Since December 2018, Sudan has experienced demonstrations calling for the fall of Omar al-Bashir, who has led the country since 1989, as well as the
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The Sudanese Revolution: the Climax of a Decade of challenging the Political Order
For about ten years, there have been various forms of protest in Sudan, what are the mobilization practices and who are the protesters? Clément Deshayes:
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The Mechanisms of the revolutionary Movement among the Sudanese of the Diaspora
Could you enlighten us about the main historical waves of Sudanese migrations towards Europe? What are the particularities of the Sudanese migrants in Europe, and
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Class Dynamics, Dissemination of the Sudanese Uprising
Who are these people who went to the streets? For these last two months, do we notice an evolution in the profile of the protesters?
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The Sudanese Popular Uprising : From the First Demonstration to the State of Emergency
This map was first published as a part of a special issue dedicated to Sudanese uprising : “Down with the government of thieves” : Reflection
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Political Economy of the Regime and Revolt
What role does the economic factor play in triggering demonstrations? Raphaëlle Chevrillon-Guibert: Since the independence of Southern Sudan in 2011, it is very clear
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The Third Sudanese Revolution Reinstates Women from all Walks of Life onto the Map of Sudanese Public Life
Where do women stand in the midst of the large number of Sudanese who participated in the revolution and what motivated their emergence at this
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The Spatial Dimension of the four-months-long Sudanese Uprising
Can you describe the organization and mobilization of the recent protests that took place in Khartoum and other places? Mohamed A.G. Bakhit , Sherein Ibrahim,
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Leftist Leanings and the Enlivening of Revolutionary Memory
What role do the Sudanese Communist Party and Marxism more broadly play in Sudan? Elena Vezzadini: The Sudanese Communist Party (SCP) has been referred to
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“Oriental Christians” in France and in Syria : Political Stakes and Redefined Identities
Since 2013, the wars in Iraq and Syria have revived the persecution of Christians of the Middle East as an issue in Europe, in the
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The Return of the State and Inter-Militia Competition in Northern Iraq
In the wake of the end of the war against Islamic State (IS), the Iraqi state redeployed in the north of Iraq in October 2017.
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Actors and Territories in Northern Iraq
These maps were designed to illustrate Arthur Quesnay and Robin Beaumont’s article, The Return of the State and Intermilitia Competition in Northern Iraq
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The Political Stakes of the Battle for Mosul
The battle for Mosul is the final episode of the recapture of Iraq. It is the last act of a divided political and military landscape
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Yarmouk: a War of All Against All
“Yarmouk has been living under siege for over 650 days; water and electricity have been cut for over 200 days… Yarmouk’s suffering is more than
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Israel and its “Infiltrators”: Reflecting upon a political crisis
The anticipated elections in Israel, called for by Benjamin Netanyahu on the 2nd of December 2014 and voted by the Knesset on the 8th of that
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The Peshmergas and the Future of the State
PUK-affiliated Peshmergas of the Kurdish Regional Government’s army having dinner in Kolajo, Northern Iraq, August 2012. © Edouard Beau / Agence Vu Informal systems
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The Sunni Revolution and the Outburst of Community Divisions in Iraq
This analysis is based on fieldwork conducted in Northern Iraq ovef the course of Fall 2014, with the support of the WAFAW program of the
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Mapping Competing Strategies in the Syrian Conflict
The rebels control a majority of the territory, but the regime still rules over the majority of the population, as it keeps a hold over
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National Territory Crumbling: The Dynamics of Syria’s Borders
This map is based on data gathered by Cyril Roussel in the course of fall 2013.
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