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Today saw protests throughout Iraq, and six protestors were killed by government security forces. As with other recent protests in Iraq, these are connected to the broader wave of protests in the Arab world these past two months, but Reidar Visser usefully highlights their specific Iraqi context: “Indeed, the striking aspect of today’s demonstrations [...] Over the past few days, Bahrain has emerged as a country whose anti-government protests are fairly serious, as demonstrators camped out at the Pearl Roundabout in what was probably a conscious imitation of the Tahrir Square protests in Egypt. Last night, the regime cracked down: “Troops and tanks have locked down the Bahraini capital [...] I’ve been extremely busy this week, and so am just catching up on things, but the ongoing protests in Egypt represent the most significant challenge ever faced by President Husni Mubarak. While on a research trip to the District of Columbia Tuesday, I attended this panel on Tunisia, and the question arose as to [...] Tunisia’s government may have been based largely in the old ruling party, but it is acting quickly to open the political system: “Tunisia’s transitional cabinet has decided to recognise all banned political parties and agreed on a general amnesty for all political prisoners. “The interim government, appointed earlier this week, held its first session [...] I haven’t kept the social science-speak out of this post, though hopefully I did explain it. My apologies. There’s been a lot of discussion of the role of social media in Tunisia’s revolutionary uprising, with Jillian York posting one of the more comprehensive round-ups. I find myself thinking of a framing I used in [...] Today Tunisia’s long-time dictator Zayn al-Abideen ben Ali fled the country, while Prime Minister Muhammad Ghannouchi assumed the presidency. Some are calling it the “Jasmine Revolution.” Juan Cole, who early in his career wrote a book about Egypt’s ‘Urabi Revolt, provides his historian’s eye overview here. Although I like the phrase “revolutionary situation,” I’m [...] Issandr El Amrani eloquently writes of the mood among Tunisia observers: “As I write these lines, a 7pm curfew has been imposed in Tunis, perhaps the clearest sign thus far that the wave of protests and discontent that has taken over Tunisia since 17 December is not about to end. “I have spent the [...] |
Blake Hounshell (aka praktike), our co-founder and main man, is managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine. He's now reporting on the Egyptian Revolution from Cairo. 
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