Genevieve Theodorakis

Genevieve Theodorakis is completing an MSc in Global Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her dissertation will examine the impact of neoliberal economic policies on Mubar

Islam and democracy: Tunisia at a crossroads

Ennahda's attempts to institutionalise its power and silence its opposition cannot be condoned. Nevertheless, Tunisia’s stymied liberalisation process must be understood within the broader context of domestic power dynamics, rather than solely through the lens of an ‘anti-democratic’ Islamist regi

By Genevieve Theodorakis

/ 3 Jul 2013

Egypt’s uncertain road to prosperity: economic challenges to long‐term stability

The livelihoods of the Egyptian people are a political priority. In the 1990s, at the behest of the IMF and the US, neoliberalism exacerbated the gap between the haves and the have-nots by ensuring that the primary benefactors of growth have been wealthy Egyptians.

By Genevieve Theodorakis

/ 11 May 2012