Author: Tarek Radwan | Journal of Democracy

Tarek Radwan is associate director for research at the Rafik Hariri Center. He previously reported on the Middle East with Human Rights Watch and served as a human-rights officer for the United Nations–African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur.

January 2013, Volume 24, Issue 1

Egypt: Why Liberalism Still Matters

Michele Dunne
Tarek Radwan

Egypt’s liberals, though they do not dominate political life and perhapsnever will, remain a crucial force in shaping the country’s politics.

Democratization and Authoritarianism in the Arab World

Marc F. Plattner
Larry Diamond

The uprisings that swept the Arab world beginning in 2010 toppled four entrenched rulers and seemed to create a political opening in a region long impervious to democratization.