By Nir Boms
(Lecture notes given in Melbourne, Australia)
The main domestic objective of most Middle Eastern governments is to maintain the status quo regarding the balance between citizen freedoms and oppression.
Opposition movements can be roughly divided into two main groups: Islamist opposition, which think the governments are too secular, and the democratic or reform-minded opposition.
The Islamists [...]
DISCOURSE OF CHANGE
July 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Academic, Democratization Policy, Voices of Democracy
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Libérer Damas
June 10th, 2008 · No Comments · French
Auteurs Nir Boms, Erick Stakelbeck
Source Jerusalem Post (Israël)
Référence « Free Damascus », Jerusalem Post, le 27 novembre 2003.
Le 6 novembre, George W. Bush a appelé à l’établissement de la démocratie au Moyen-Orient devant les représentant du Reform Party of Syria (RPS), un parti formé peu de temps après le 11 septembre et défendant la liberté en Syrie [...]