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by Luis Martinez (Editor), Rasmus Alenius Boserup (Editor)
Spared by the Arab revolts, Bouteflika's Algeria continues to intrigue observers. How does its political system function? Who really governs? Who are behind the protests? How strong are the Islamists? Are there alternatives to dependence on hydrocarbons? And how will the regime securities its vast and unstable Sahara hinterland?
Algeria has been depicted for many years as politically opaque, incomprehensible, and under the control of powerful, occult-like intelligence agencies. While these caricatures are all partly true, they understate how much the country has changed since the 1990s. Algeria today is complex, and challenging to comprehend; but it is no longer opaque.
Author Biography
Luis Martinez is Senior Research Fellow, CERI/Sciences Po and author of several books on the Maghreb published by Oxford University Press. Rasmus Alenius Boserup is Senior Researcher, Foreign Policy, at the Danish Institute for International Studies.
