Following the Arab Spring protests in 2011, North Africa experienced one disruptive event after another, which spilled over into the Sahel. Tunisia’s dictator fell and the country held elections, Egypt overthrew Mubarak only to have the Muslim Brotherhood led government ousted, the United States intervened in Libya which has since devolved into an ongoing armed conflict, and jihadists took over two-thirds of Mali which they later lost in a French intervention. Yet one country, Algeria, has remained relatively stable while simultaneously pushing aggressively for diplomatic solutions to regional conflicts.
New America is pleased to welcome Hannah Armstrong, a writer and New America International Security Program fellow who is based in Algeria and who has seven years of experience researching North African and Sahel political and security dynamics, for a discussion of Algeria’s muscular foreign policy in the region and why we should not expect an Algerian Arab Spring anytime soon.
Follow the discussion online using #AlgerianAftermath and following @NatSecNAF.
Participants
Hannah Armstrong
Fellow, International Security Program, New America
@HananeBintBanan
Moderator
Peter Bergen
Director, International Security Program, New America
@peterbergencnn
