Radical Islam and ethno-religious conflict in Nigeria: from independence to Boko Haram
 (689 Kb) By Sébastien Jadot, Guest Contributor to EGF Middle East and Africa Research
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Discussion of the second anniversary of the conflict in Syria
In a recently hosted international panel by Voice of Russia America to discuss the second anniversary of the conflict in Syria, Mikhail Roschin, EGF Affiiated Expert on radical Islam in the North Caucasus and Central Asia speaks about the national uprisings that put Syria on the path to civil war and so far more than 70,000 people have been killed in the violence between rebel opposition groups and the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. To listen to this discussion, please click here.
Islamisation of Civil War in Syria: the Imbroglio Deepens
(508 Kb) By Ben McPherson, Guest Contributor to EGF Middle East Research
Post-Revolutionary turmoil and the rising threat to stability in the Arab World
(497 Kb) By Nora Renger, EGF Middle East Researcher
North Africa after the Arab Spring
(842 Kb) Political Outlook for Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt
EGF Middle East Briefing - Egypt’s New Political Landscape: between Democratization and Old Legacies
Post-Revolution Tunisia: Still Waiting for Economic Recovery
One year after the Jasmine Revolution of January 14, 2011, Tunisia has successfully advanced in its democratic transition and political reform process. The election of the National Constituent Assembly (NCA) held on October 23, 2011 was well organised, and for the first time in history, it was fair. Al-Nahdha (which means “renaissance” in Arabic), a moderate Islamic party, won 41 per cent of the NCA seats. READ MORE
Muslim Brotherhood set to dominate Egypt's Parliament
EGF Maghreb Briefing: Security and Stability in Wake of the Arab Spring
In the wake of the “Arab Spring,” Algeria causes concerns as its less than democratic past faces the region’s democratic revolutions. Some eight months after the start of the unexpected uprisings in the region, however, Algeria remains relatively stable. READ MORE
Five good reasons to be sceptical about the ‘Arab Spring’
When a game breaking event takes place in the Middle East once each decade There is a certain understanding amongst Middle East politics experts that a game breaking event of cataclysmic proportions hits the region once every ten years or so. September of this year will mark the 10th anniversary of the unimaginable acts of terrorism which were perpetrated in New York in September 2001 by Arab suicide bombers. These acts of violence catapulted America’s ‘War on Terror’ to the centre of Washington’s foreign policy agenda, opening the way for renewed civil war in Afghanistan and the US-led invasion of Iraq of 2003. READ MORE
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Turkish media briefly interviewed, among others, EGF Head of Research -George Niculescu- on the significance and possible consequences of a diplomatic mistake related to the Kurdish fighters in Syria (PYD/YPG) in a draft report to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. See the media report here
On 08-10 November 2018, George Niculescu, EGF Head of Research, will co-chair the 18th workshop of the South Caucasus Study Group of the PfP Consortium on "South Caucasus: Leveraging Political Change in a Context of Strategic Volatility". On 18-21 April 2018, George Niculescu, EGF Head of Research co-chaired the 17th workshop of the South Caucasus Study Group of the PfP Consortium on “What a ‘New European Security Deal’ Could Mean for the South Caucasus”. Click here for the agenda of the workshop, here for his speaking notes, and here for Policy Recommendations. In early October 2017, EGF Affiliated Expert Mikhail Roshchin visited Crimea to explore the current status of Crimean Tatars within the religious diversity of the region. Read here his field trip report. 
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by Naim Ameur
In a recent interview for "The Voice of Russia", EGF Expert on Radical Islamic Movements, Mikhail Roshchin, explained the political dynamics emerging between Islamist and secular political parties in Egypt following recent parliamentary elections. His key message for all stakeholders engaged in the formation of new governance institutions in Egypt was that the Muslim Brotherhood, which now forms the largest political bloc in Egypt's new parliament, is more likely to broker political deals with secular parties rather than develop any sense of "ideological alliances" with other, more radical, Islamist factions. This will most likely remove the concerns over "new shades of green" emerging in the ensuing Egyptian political landscape and lead to further fragmentation of the political environment in advance of the country's looming presidential elections, which are currently scheduled for June 2012. Click ![Egypt_M[1].Roshchin.jpg](/upload/medialibrary/a04/egypt_mf1m.roshchin.jpg "Egypt_M[1].Roshchin.jpg")
by Marat Terterov,