Elections
Engineering Elections
Escalating Conflict - Rouhani & Hardliners
The significance of the escalating conflict between Rouhani and the hardliners on the outcome of the upcoming elections.
Potential Trajectories
The nuclear deal and Rouhani's presidency
President Rouhani seeks to capitalize on the positive implications of the nuclear deal to boost his chances of winning a second term.
Loose Coalitions
Implications of election results on Iran
The results of the recent Iranian elections have revealed significant indications.
Slim Options
On Essebsi's New Unity Government
What Lies Behind Tunisian President Essebsi’s Call for a New Unity Government?
Test of Popularity
Will the Islamists or Modernists win the Moroccan elections?
Parliamentary elections in Morocco will witness 6,992 candidates competing for 395 seats in the country’s House of Representatives...
Dr. Saeed Al-Sadiqi
Problematic Amendments
The fate of Al-Abadi’s new government in Iraq
Political blocs will not agree in full to list of candidates nominated by Al-Abadi, causing delays in forming a new government.
Hamed Al-Kefa'e
Domestic Priorities
What does Candidates' discourse reveal?
Three political issues are considered to be central in the speeches made by each candidate...
Regional Center for Strategic Studies (RCSS)
State Voting
Implications of the 2014 Egyptian Elections
Many common negatives are absent from the 2014 presidential election...
Ibrahim Ghaly
Repercussions of Ahmedinejad's Withdrawal from the Presidential Race
The pressure on Ahmadinejad by many institutions within the Iranian regime not to run may be based on the following...
Future for Advanced Research and Studies
Fragility or Balance?
The election results represent a new political reality with implications for the political party landscape in Morocco.
Sami Al-Salame
Has Rouhani Started Preparing for the Presidential Elections?
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is exerting unremitting efforts in order to boost his power to win the presidential elections
Future for Advanced Research and Studies
Return of the Opposition
What the Elections in Kuwait Mean
The recent elections were held after five years of widespread popular protests that started at the end of 2011...
Dr. Hassan Abdallah Jawhar
Stabilising Army
Bouteflika’s succession dilemma and scenarios of change in Algeria
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s illness has shrouded the Algerian political landscape in uncertainty over who will succeed him.
Why Did Ahmadinejad Defy Khamenei's "Advise"?
Ahmadinejad's announcement of his candidacy for the presidential elections will confuse the Iranian political forces' calculations.
Future for Advanced Research and Studies
How would Iran's Next President Address Economic Problems?
Regardless of who will be the president, the Iranian economy is going through a new stage characterized by tough hardships.
Future for Advanced Research and Studies