Since 1962, successive governments failed to build a real state or an economy; instead, they aimed to neutralize and contain resentment towards the regime. In reality, rage against the ... Another reason for the Arab spring not spreading to Algeria is its political vacuum. read more
politically, Algeria was someway connected to the east bloc during the first decades of its independence (sixties and seventies). it is interesting to note that Algeria had its spring in 1988, the same period as east European countries (revolutions against communist regimes) and was ahead of other Arab countries. read more
When the Arab Spring, the movement of popular uprising which started in Tunisia in January 2011 and today is ongoing particularly in Syria, engulfed several North African countries (Egypt, Libya and Morocco), it failed in Algeria. read more