On December 17, 2010, Tunisian vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire, triggering protests across the Arab world.

Despite mixed results, observers generally praised the Arab Spring as a revolutionary democratic moment for a region long ...

The pro-democracy movement marked the death knell of Arab nationalism and unintentionally quickened a shift of regional power toward the Gulf States.

Why did Jordan survive the Arab Spring? An account of protests, repression and reforms that helped King Abdullah II contain ...

The Arab Spring is not a completed event but a process that has fundamentally altered the region’s political landscape… but ...

TEBOURBA, Tunisia — Tense protests have erupted across Tunisia since a new budget took effect on Jan. 1 that raised taxes on gasoline, phone cards, internet usage, hotel rooms, and even fruits and ...

Around 2,500 Tunisians marched through the coastal city of Gabes on Wednesday, reviving protests over pollution from a ...

The ouster of former presidents Omar Al-Bashir in Sudan and Abdel-Aziz Bouteflika in Algeria after a wave of popular protests in both countries has given rise to speculation about the future of these ...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has reportedly ordered authorities to reexamine the case of Alaa Abd El-Fattah and six others on humanitarian grounds. Abd El-Fattah, who came to national ...

Sharan Grewal is an assistant professor of government at William & Mary and a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution. He received a Ph.D. in Politics at Princeton University in 2018 and was ...