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International Affairs
Struggling Alone. Côte d’Ivoire’s Unheard Call for Democracy
Nicoletta Fagiolo 21 December 2020

Since 78-year-old outgoing President Alassane Ouattara has announced his decision to run again for office, despite the Constitution’s two term limit, nation-wide non-violent demonstrations have erupted across Côte d’Ivoire. The world is paying little if any attention.
Society
Healing and Division: The Tough Road Ahead after the US Election
Jonathan Laurence 23 November 2020

“It is possible for us to make some sort of change; I just don’t think that we should underestimate how difficult that is going to be.” Jelani Cobb, professor of Journalism at Columbia University and staff writer at the New Yorker, talks with Jonathan Laurence.
Political Theory
Farewell to America’s Modern Democratic Patriotism?
Mark Lilla 20 November 2020

The political consequences of increasingly divergent feelings, beliefs, lifestyles. A lesson from Alexis de Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America”.
International Affairs
Algeria Risks Instability Following the Referendum Flop
Federica Zoja 10 November 2020

What does the outcome of the ccountry’s constitutional referendum tell? A conversation with Algerian journalist, blogger and teacher Karim Metref
International Affairs
Who Can Save Lebanon? A Conversation with Antoine Courban
Federica Zoja 15 October 2020

Over two months after the explosion that devastated the port of Beirut, the country is at a crossroads: a drastic change in the institutional paradigm seems to be the only alternative to implosion.
International Affairs
Justice for Navalny, Transition in Belarus: Europe’s Diplomatic Mission Impossible
Simone Disegni 27 August 2020

As EU foreign ministers meet in Berlin, they have no easy option to respond to the double crisis at its Eastern doors. ECFR’s Gustav Gressel explains why.
Society
The ‘Arab Spring’ Tragedy, Ten Years On: Who is at Fault?
Hesham Sallam 24 August 2020

A decade after the start of the popular revolts that swept the whole Arab region, a book by Harvard scholar Noah Feldman returns on the question of its widespread failure, challenging our views on why that happened. Our review.
International Affairs, Religion
«Time for Europe to Break Relations with Erdogan’s Regime». A Conversation with Cengiz Aktar
Sofia de Benedictis , Simone Disegni 30 July 2020

Turkish intellectual Cengiz Aktar speaks to ResetDOC in the wake of Hagia Sophia’s conversion into a mosque by Erdogan’s government
International Affairs
America’s Retreat, Fragile Democracies and the Flaws of Chinese Leadership
Giuliano Amato 15 July 2020

A reflection on the changing international scenario after the pandemic by former Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato, building on the legacy of this year’s Venice Seminars.
International Affairs
«Restoration or Transformative Change? Biden Will Need to Choose». A Conversation with Thomas Wright
Sofia de Benedictis, Jonathan Laurence 30 June 2020

Can the US regain its place as a beacon for democracy and multilateralism in the world? As the country moves closer to an election which could mark the end of a four-year long political maesltrom, Reset Dialogues discussed it with Thomas Wright, Director of the Brookings Institution’s Center on the United States and Europe and The Atlantic contributor.