North African Politics

Yahia H. Zoubir is Professor of International Relations and International Management and Director of Research in Geopolitics at KEDGE Business School, Marseille, France. Gregory White is the Mary Huggins Gamble Professor of Government at Smith College and co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of North African Studies.

• Preface and Introduction Yahia H. Zoubir and Gregory White PART I: DRIVERS OF CHANGE IN CONTEMPORARY NORTH AFRICA A Political Economy Perspective on North African Transitions Gonzalo Escribano Maghrebi Youth in the Wake of the Arab Spring: General Observations and Evidence from Tunisia and Algeria Mark Tessler and Jennifer Miller-Gonzalez Civil-Military Relations in Algeria and Egypt: A Comparative Analysis Miloud Chennoufi Security Sector Reforms in North Africa Eduard Soler i Lecha Berbers in an Arab Spring: The Politics of Amazigh Identity and the North African Uprisings Michael J. Willis Civil Insurrections in North Africa: History and Prospects Stephen Zunes Social Media and Mobilization in the Arab Spring and Beyond Lina Khatib Western Sahara: Change Under the Radar Alice Wilson PART II: INTERNAL DYNAMICS OF NORTH AFRICAN STATES Algeria: Reforms without Change? Ahmed Aghrout and Yahia Zoubir Revolution and Change in Egypt Ibrahim Awad Libya: From Reform to Revolution Alison Pargeter Mauritania: Where Did the Spring Go? Abdoulaye Diagana Morocco: Keeping Revolution at Bay with an Enhanced Status Quo Azzedine Layachi From Democratic Consensus to a Struggle for Power: The Fragility of Transition in Tunisia Emma Murphy PART III: NORTH AFRICA IN WORLD AFFAIRS The Evolving Foreign Policies of North African States (2011-2014): New Trends in Constraints, Political Processes and Behavior Miguel Hernando de Larramendi and Irene Fernández Molina US and North Africa Yahia Zoubir and Stephen Zunes Barcelona, Twenty Years On George Joffe China in North Africa: A Strategic Partnership Imen Belhadj and Degang Sun – with the collaboration of Yahia Zoubir The Role of the GCC in North Africa in Light of the Arab Spring Elena Maestri North Africa’s Energy Challenges Hakim Darbouche and John Hamilton

'The 20 essays are generally of excellent quality, loosely organized around the three themes of “drivers of change,” including West Sahara, the internal dynamics of the six states in the region, including manipulations of Amazigh (Berber) identity, and their international relations. Of particular interest are relations with the US; China; the Gulf Cooperation Council, notably Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates; and international oil companies.'C. M. Henry, retired from the University of Texas at Austin, USA, CHOICE