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By George Joffé (http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/02/201122412934486492.html) After alienating powerful tribes, Gaddafi’s regime seems to be falling, but it is unclear who could fill vacuum. Many believed that Colonel Gaddafi’s regime in Libya would withstand the gale of change sweeping the Arab world because of its reputation for brutality which had fragmented the six million-strong population over the past 42 years. Its likely . . . → Read More: Libya: Past and future? By Alison Pargeter (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12569902) The Gaddafi regime is seemingly on its last legs in Libya, questions are inevitably being raised about what comes next. But this is a country where the trappings of a normal state simply do not apply. Col Muammar Gaddafi created such a personalised system of governing that he left no space for anything beyond . . . → Read More: What next after Gaddafi? Tunisia, Egypt, and now — in its own way — Libya. The end game for kaddhafi is likely to be more dramatic than what we’ve seen in Tunisia and Egypt. Whether he survives the uprising — which at this stage cannot be completely ruled out — or not, the ongoing events in Libya will mark a . . . → Read More: Mapping MENA unrest What an extraordinary fortnight it’s been in the MENA region! Anti-government protests spread to the second country after Tunisia considered by pundits the least likely in the region to experience such uprisings, Egypt. As observers currently wonder whether Egypt’s “democratic window” has already closed, one thing is certain: Mubarak’s rein has come to an end. Whatever happens to . . . → Read More: Egypt on the brink |
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