Publications

Books

Tribes and Global Jihadism.
Tribes and Global Jihadism.

(ed. with Olivier Roy), Hurst Publishers, 2017

Articles

Egypte: les Frères musulmans et la bataille pour le pouvoir..

in Politique Etrangère, 2012/3 (Autumn), September 2012.

Gamal Moubarak et le Parti national démocratique égyptien, ou la stratégie du désastre..

in Outre-Terre. Revue européenne de géopolitique, Paris, 2011/3, n° 29.

Tunísia, Egipto, que modelos para as transições no mundo árabe?.

in Finisterra, Res Publica Foundation, Lisbon, Autumn/Winter 2011, n° 71-72, pp. 41-58.

The internal stakes of 2005 elections: struggle for influence and transactions within the National Democratic Party.

in The Middle East Journal, vol. 61, n°1, Winter 2007, pp. 95-111.

Chapters

"Building an Army to Build the State? The Challenge of Building Security Institutions in post-Qaddafi Libya".

in H. ALBRECHT, A. CROISSANT & F. LAWSON (ed.), Armies and Insurgencies in the Arab Spring, University of Pennsylvania Press, pp. 225-240.

'Modernizing’ political parties: the National Democratic Party of Egypt on the path of British New Labor?.
'Modernizing’ political parties: the National Democratic Party of Egypt on the path of British New Labor?.

in E. KIENLE (ed.), Democracy Building and Democracy Erosion. Political Change North and South of the Mediterranean, London, Saqi, 2009, pp. 59-77.

 

Quand le Parti National Démocratique se transforme en parti... Bilan d'étape..
Quand le Parti National Démocratique se transforme en parti... Bilan d'étape..

in H. AOUARDJI & H. LEGEAY (ed.), Chroniques égyptiennes 2007, Cairo, CEDEJ, 2008, pp. 41-62.

"Make Politics, Not War: Armed Groups and Political Competition in post-Qaddafi Libya".

in Out of the Inferno? Rebuidling Security in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen, Arab Reform Initiative, August 2017.

Online articles

“Libya: moving beyond the transition mood”..
“Libya: moving beyond the transition mood”..

MENARA Future Notes, No. 11, April 2018.

"Once and For All a New Compromise in Libya?".

Commentary, ISPI, February 2017.

"The Power Struggle behind the New 'Battle of Sirte'".

Arab Reform Initiative, September 2016.

"Libya urgently needs new mechanisms for dialogue!".

FriEnt, 29 June 2016.

"Libya's political dialogue needs more security content".

Arab Reform Initiative, September 2015.

"Fighting the Islamic State in Libya: by political means first".

NOREF, 2 March 2015.

"Compromise in Libya, a fraught task but not an impossible one".

in Middle East Eye, 18 November 2014.

"And now where will the youth go? Libya three years into the revolution - Views from an outsider".

in MIZAAN, the magazine from Lawyers for Justice in Libya, Summer 2014, Issue 2, pp. 24-26.

Libyan's longing for a state.

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Center, 18 March 2013.

Should one expect security sector reform in Egypt?

OpenSecurity, 16 August 2012.

The Military and the Constitution: The Cases of Algeria, Pakistan and Turkey.

Arab Reform Initiative, June 2012.

Les Frères musulmans face au défi de l’exercice du pouvoir..

Institut Français des Relations Internationales, 25 July 2012

"Can the Libyan NTC serve as a model for rebels on other Arab states?".

with Abdelsatar Hetieta, Arab Reform Initiative, February 2011.

Private Security... Not a Business Like any Other.

Arab Reform Initiative, September 2011

Can Egypt’s National Democratic Party be reformed again?.

The Middle East Channel, 9 March 2011

Egypt: before and after.

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Center, 5 February 2011

The Middle East: a ground for Italy to play with the big guys?

Italian Foreign Policy, May 2008

Le Parti national démocratique (PND) et le système politique égyptien contemporain: quel rôle pour le parti hégémonique dans les stratégies de consolidation du régime autoritaire?.

CERI - Centre d'études et de recherches internationales, November 2006

Web publications

"Salafi Politics: 'political' and 'quietist' Salafis in the struggle for the Libyan state".

Project research report, Middle East Directions / Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, December 2020.

“To engage or not to engage? Libyan Salafis and State Institutions”....
“To engage or not to engage? Libyan Salafis and State Institutions”....

HYRES Research Note, Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, May 2019 (with Fiona Barsoum).

"Make Politics, Not War: Armed Groups and Political Competition in Post-Qaddafi Libya".

in B. KODMANI & N. MOUSSA, Out of the inferno? Rebuilding Security in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen, Arab Reform Initiative, 2017.

Inside Wars. Local Dynamics of Conflict in Syria and Libya.
Inside Wars. Local Dynamics of Conflict in Syria and Libya.

V. COLLOMBIER, A. FAVIER & L. NARBONE (Eds.), European University Institute, 2016.

"Dialogue, mediation and reconciliation in Libya's local conflicts".

in V. COLLOMBIER, A. FAVIER & L. NARBONE, Inside Wars. Local Dynamics of Conflict in Syria and Libya, 2016.

"'Nouvelle Libye' ou 'fin de la Libye'? Les chemins tracés par la transition post-Qadhafi".

in A. BOZZO & P.J. LUIZARD, Vers un nouveau Moyen-Orient? Etats arabes en crise entre logiques de division et sociétés civiles, Roma Tre Press, July 2016.

Working papers

“Armed conflicts and the erosion of the state: the cases of Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Syria” ..
“Armed conflicts and the erosion of the state: the cases of Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Syria” ..

(ed.), MENARA Working Papers, No. 22, November 2018.

“Militarization and militia-ization: dynamics of armed groups proliferation in Egypt and Libya”..
“Militarization and militia-ization: dynamics of armed groups proliferation in Egypt and Libya”..

with Rasmus Alenius Boserup, MENARA Working Papers, No. 17, October 2018.

“The Libyan Security Continuum: the impact of the Libyan Crisis on the North African/Sahelian regional system”..
“The Libyan Security Continuum: the impact of the Libyan Crisis on the North African/Sahelian regional system”..

with Djallil Lounnas, MENARA Working Papers, No. 15, October 2018.

Politics without parties? Political change and democracy building in Egypt before and after the revolution.

EUI Working Paper MWP 2013/33, Florence, European University Institute, 2013

Egypt in 2011. A Regime That No Longer Knows How to Adapt? Fluid Conjunctures and Regime Transformations in Perspective.

EUI Working Paper MWP 2012/03, Florence, European University Institute, 2012

Conference papers

"New elites and the reality of power in post-Qadhafi Libya".

Paper presented at the Middle East Studies Association conference, Washington DC, 24 November 2014.

Newspaper articles

"En Libye, seul un consensus entre les communautés peut éviter le chaos".

in Médiapart, 24 November 2014.

"Les diplomaties occidentales et la tentation du familier".

in Le Monde, 22 August 2013

Entre les Etats-Unis et les talibans, Musharraf doit choisir.

in Alternatives Internationales, n°36, September 2007 (with Yann Mens)

Le cri de révolte de la jeunesse égyptienne..

in Alternatives Internationales, n°28, October 2005

Other

"L'ancien régime, les frères musulmans et la transition: l''Etat profond' en embuscade?".

November 2013 (unpublished).

Book reviews

Egypte. L'envers du décor, by Sophie Pommier.

in Le Monde Diplomatique, August 2008

L’Egypte entre démocratie et islamisme. Le système Moubarak à l’heure de la succession, by Jean-Noël Ferrié..

in Le Monde Diplomatique, December 2008

Blog entries

"The new war in Libya: Europe cannot to afford be caught to sleeping".

Middle East Directions Blog, 16 April 2019.