An Arab Path to Democracy?

The Iranian regime has sought to recast conventional principles of human rights and political participation by forging alliances with like-minded regimes and by broadcasting its narrative to an international audience.

Since a tenuous political opening a decade ago, the Mubarak regime has systematically asphyxiated democracy in Egypt.

Since the 1990s, Moroccan civil society groups have been proliferating, and they are increasingly influential in addressing society-wide matters including the rights of women, ethnic minorities, and the poor.