Arab Reform Initiative

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Governance of cultural diversity in North Sudan : Religious and ethnic dimensions

September 2012, Haydar Ibrahim Ali

Discussions among the Sudanese about diversity diminished since the separation. Despite their pretended happiness, separatists in the North and South were very shocked by the separation and, today, none of them has the answer to the key question of (...)

The Judiciary in Egypt...Pursuing reform and promoting independence

July 2012, Mahmoud Kandil

The paper examines the obstacles that an independent judiciary faces, and the requirements of its reform; it also addresses the issues involved in establishing an independent judiciary, and guaranteeing justice through a fair trial.

Arab reform briefs

Libya: Establishing Political System and The Transition to Statehood

September 2012, Moussa Grifa

Since its 2011 Revolution, Libya has undergone several stages in a bid to forge a new state. The General National Congress elections that took place in July 2012 and the impressive democratic performance of the Libyan people are the most significant (...)

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ARI projects

“Healing without amputating?” : security reform in Egypt

September 2012, Tewfick Aclimandos

This paper attempts to show that drawing up a list of the problems and suggested solutions is necessary but not sufficient and to bring in some maxims from other experiences. I hope this paper would start a constructive foundational debate.

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Arab Securitocracies and Security Sector Reform

The security services in Lebanon and Syria: The mark of the French architect

August 2012, Konrad Sztyler

The article examines the historical role of France in the creation of security services in the Levant. It analyses how the sector has been reorganized after the independence. In both Syria and Lebanon, the French presence has perpetuated (...)

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Arab Securitocracies and Security Sector Reform

Workshop on reform of the police in Egypt: Issues and challenges

July 2012

ARI and the Security Studies Unit at the Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies organized on the 11th of July 2012, a workshop on the issues and challenges facing reform of the police in Egypt.

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Arab Securitocracies and Security Sector Reform

The Military and the Constitution: The Cases of Algeria, Pakistan and Turkey

June 2012, Virginie Collombier

In a context of democratic transition, relations between civilians and the military and the way they are organized by the basic texts deserve particular attention.The Algerian, Pakistani and Turkish experiences constitute interesting points of (...)

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Constitutional Reform

Arab research support program

The Arab Research Support Program (ARSP)

The Arab Research Support Program (ARSP) launched by ARI in December 2011 is a concrete instrument to advance ARI’s core objective of enhancing the capacity of social science research in Arab countries The ARSP is made up of two strands: ARSP-INDIVIDUAL which supports individual researchers and ARSP-INSTITUTIONAL which supports nascent and consolidated Arab research groups, centers and networks.