Anne-Cécile Favory

Deteriorating Venezuelan-American relations reached unprecedented levels on March 9th as President Obama declared Venezuela a “national threat” to the United States and imposed sanctions on seven high-ranking officials on the basis of…
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On January 30th, the Harper Government unveiled Bill C-51, cited as the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act, or popularly referred to as the Anti-Terror Act 2015.  Extended powers to intelligence agencies and a broadly framed…
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The recent elections mark a milestone in Tunisia's transitional democracy. For many, the success story of the Arab Spring is on the path to democratic consolidation. The nascent democracy has undergone numerous transitions in the past…
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With the ailing Bouteflika increasingly absent from the political scene, talks of his succession and the future transitional period of the country pervades political discourse in Algeria. Uncertainty concerning presidential…
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On May 22nd, two days after the implementation of martial law, the world witnessed Thailand’s 12th successful military coup since 1932.  Striving to gain legitimacy, the regime introduced an interim constitution on July 22nd and shortly…
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