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Vish Sakthivel

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Vish Sakthivel was a 2013-14 Next Generation Fellow at The Washington Institute who focused on North African politics, particularly Islamism in Morocco, where she lived for three years. A former Peace Corps volunteer in the kingdom and fluent in Moroccan and Algerian Arabic, she is writing her doctoral dissertation at St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, on Islamist politics in Algeria. She is also a fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

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vish.sakthi@gmail.com

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Featured Publications

Morocco: Prospects for Civil Society
This second chapter in the essay series Beyond Islamists and Autocrats examines the increasingly influential role played by civil society organizations in Morocco's push for rights reforms.
Aug 27, 2015
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  • Vish Sakthivel
Al-Adl wal-Ihsan
Inside Morocco's Islamist Challenge
Across the Middle East, a critical question for regimes and peoples alike is "Are Islamists rising or fading?" Egypt under
Aug 5, 2014
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  • Vish Sakthivel

Recent Policy Analysis by Vish Sakthivel

In-Depth Reports
Beyond Islamists and Autocrats:
Prospects for Political Reform Post Arab Spring
Nov 27, 2017
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  • David Schenker
  • Sarah Feuer
  • Vish Sakthivel
  • John P. Entelis
  • Simon Henderson
  • Nathaniel Rabkin
  • Nadia al-Sakkaf
  • Eric Trager
  • Hala Aldosari
  • Lori Plotkin Boghardt
  • Ghaith al-Omari
  • James Bowker
  • Andrew J. Tabler
  • David Pollock
  • Hassan Mneimneh
Brief Analysis
Algeria's Growing Security Problems
Apr 25, 2017
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  • Vish Sakthivel
Articles & Testimony
The Moroccan King Dismisses an Islamist Prime Minister
Mar 17, 2017
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  • Vish Sakthivel
Articles & Testimony
Can Algeria's Fractured Islamists Retain Their Appeal as a Movement?
Feb 27, 2017
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  • Vish Sakthivel
Articles & Testimony
The Flawed Hope of Sufi Promotion in North Africa
Dec 19, 2016
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  • Vish Sakthivel
Despite All the Makings of Crisis, Algeria Continues to Prioritize Political Stability
Oct 21, 2016
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  • Vish Sakthivel
All Policy Analysis by Vish Sakthivel
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