10 years after the Arab uprisings, this book is a valuable contribution to where the region stands today, what the key characteristics of the states are, and perhaps most importantly, how to move forward. Being critically aware of these issues and looking positively to the future is an important civic contribution to the continued development of civil societies and the region as a whole. The book is available digitally as well in our offices.

The Regional Program Political Dialogue South Mediterranean of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS PolDiMed) would like to thank the excellent contributions and invites everyone to follow us on social media and visit our website for an interesting read and to follow our project activities. 

Youssef Cherif is also the Editor of the Book and currently the Director of Columbia Global Centers | Tunis. He writes and comments on North African affairs for think-tanks as diverse as Carnegie, Valdai, IEMed, or ISPI, and media outlets such as France 24, DW, and Al Jazeera, among others. He has an M.A. in International Relations (King's College London) and an M.A. in Classical Studies (Columbia).

Lina Khatib is the Director of the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham House. She was formerly Director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut and co-founding head of the program on Arab Reform and Democracy at Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. Her research focuses on the international relations of the Middle East, Islamist groups and security, political transitions and foreign policy.

Amro Ali is a writer and sociologist at the American University in Cairo, a member of the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA), visiting fellow at Forum Transregionale Studien and the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies at Freie Universität Berlin. Ali received his PhD in political sociology and political philosophy from the University of Sydney. His work can be found at www.amroali.com 

Özlem Tür is a Professor of International Relations at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. She works on the political economy of the Middle East as well as Turkey's relations with Middle Eastern countries (especially Syria, Lebanon and Israel). 

Nader Kabbani is the Director of Research at the Brookings Doha Center. Previously, he was the Director of Policy and Research at the Silatech Foundation and the Founding Director of the Syrian Development Research Centre at the Syria Trust for Development. Kabbani served on the faculty of the American University of Beirut and has published numerous reports and articles on development issues in the Middle East.