Racing against Time: Reform in North Africa and Transatlantic Strategies

In this analysis from the German Marshall Fund's Mediterranean Paper Series 2010, Scott Carpenter explores recent economic and political developments in Morocco, Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia, and the mechanisms by which the transatlantic community has sought to channel social, political, and economic change in them -- for both good and ill. He offers recommendations to help secure positive economic and governance trends by strengthening U.S. engagement with Europe.