Raphaël Lefèvre
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3597408 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Raphaël Lefèvre |
| PRENOMES | Raphaël |
| SOBRENOME | Lefèvre |
| ASSINATURA | LEFÈVRE R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1140-1737 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 31 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 42 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 31 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2012 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
The Radicals’ Dilemma After Civil Wars
Armed Groups in the Middle East and Conflict Research
For much of the past fifteen years, the Middle East and North Africa have been witnessing the largest proportion of conflicts in the world. Long and bloody wars in Syria, Yemen, Iraq, and Libya drove the trend through the 2010s, followed by a respite in 2022 and then by another particularly brutal wave of conflict over Israel/Gaza and in Lebanon in 2023/2024. Given the prevalence of violence in the Middle East, one would expect that a sizeable pa…
Syria
When Transnationalism is not Global
Studies of armed Islamism have had a strong interest in “transnational jihadism”, “global jihad”, al-Qaeda and—more recently—Islamic State. In discussions, these three features—transnationalism, global jihad, and al-Qaeda/Islamic State—are highly entangled. This article challenges the (implicit) assumption that armed transnational Islamism is necessarily global, Sunni and mainly concerns al-Qaeda or Islamic State. First, it shows how scholarship …
Jihad in the City
Tawhid was a militant Islamist group which implemented Islamic law at gunpoint in the Lebanese city of Tripoli during the 1980s. In retrospect, some have called it 'the first ISIS-style Emirate'. Drawing on two hundred interviews with Islamist fighters and their mortal enemies, as well as on a trove of new archival material, Raphaël Lefèvre provides a comprehensive account of this Islamist group. He shows how they featured religious ideologues de…
The resurgence of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghrib
The Algerian economy from 'oil curse' to 'diversification
The impact of the Gulf crisis on the Maghrib
Tension has long characterised the Qatari-Saudi relationship, mainly because of Doha’s financial support for Al-Jazeera, a TV channel which has over the years been intensely critical of Saudi forei
No to hoghra
On 28 October 2016, a gruesome incident in the small Moroccan port of al-Hoceima made global headlines. Muhsen Fikri, a 31-year-old fish wholesaler, was crushed to death by a garbage truck as he so
The pitfalls of Russia's growing influence in Libya
Many of the reports concerning Russia’s ‘return’ to the Middle East have focused on the extensive military intervention launched in Syria in 2015 in order to shore up Bashar al-Assad’s regime and o
The roots of growing social unrest in Tunisia
The ‘Tunisian model’ of peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy has been widely acclaimed as the Arab Spring’s ‘success story’ (The Guardian 2014), especially after it became clear that
High stakes for the peace process in Libya
North Africa's 'Berber question
In April 2016, dozens of thousands of people marched through the streets of Bejaia and Tizi Ouzou, the largest cities of the restive East Algerian province of Kabylia, to commemorate the 36th anniv
Morocco, Algeria and the Maghreb's cold war
While much of the international coverage on the Maghreb has focused on the ‘new threats’ the region faces, such as attacks by Islamic extremists, civil conflict or state collapse, its stability con
Algeria enters into uncharted waters
The accumulating weight of the political, economic and security challenges shouldered by Algeria has recently led a number of observers to sound the regime’s death knell in blunt terms. Whilst, on
A new chapter in relations between Algeria and France
The relationship between Algiers and Paris has long been rocky, given the bitter legacy of French colonialism in North Africa. Yet in recent years the Algerian authorities expressed a willingness t
Tunisia
A ‘model for the Arab Spring’, a ‘success story’, a ‘beacon of hope’ and even a ‘Carthaginian Summer’ – it has been in terms such as these that the Western media has lauded, in virtually every poss
The coming of North Africa's 'language wars
Long predicted on the decline, the French language seems to have regained some of its strength in recent years. A survey carried out between 2010 and 2014 by the Organisation Internationale de la F
North Africa's Maliki Crisis
Scholars and policy-makers often explain the rise of Sunni fundamentalism in Syria and Iraq as the by-product of rampant sectarianism in the Levant. Yet they have struggled to grasp the factors beh
Commentary on current events
Almost a year on, there is still much confusion surrounding the reasons behind the security failure at the In Amenas gas facility in eastern Algeria, which facilitated the bloody hostage crisis the
Commentary on current events
An Egyptian Scenario for Libya
Three years and a half after the fall of Mu'ammar Qadhafi, and as parliamentary elections were being held on 25 June; Libya is still faced with a series of daunting challenges. The country's transi
Is the Islamic State on the Rise in North Africa
Recent security developments in the Middle East have led a growing number of analysts to fear the emergence of a North African branch of the Islamic State – the brutal jihadist organisation that sp
Commentary on current events
Commentary on current events in North Africa
From the September 2012 killing of the US Ambassador in Benghazi, and the subsequent storming of the US Embassy in Tunis, to the January 2013 hostage crisis in Algeria, Western security attention s
Tunisia
A ‘model for the Arab Spring’, a ‘success story’, a ‘beacon of hope’ and even a ‘Carthaginian Summer’ – it has been in terms such as these that the Western media has lauded, in virtually every poss
The coming of North Africa's 'language wars
Long predicted on the decline, the French language seems to have regained some of its strength in recent years. A survey carried out between 2010 and 2014 by the Organisation Internationale de la F
No to hoghra
On 28 October 2016, a gruesome incident in the small Moroccan port of al-Hoceima made global headlines. Muhsen Fikri, a 31-year-old fish wholesaler, was crushed to death by a garbage truck as he so
The pitfalls of Russia's growing influence in Libya
Many of the reports concerning Russia’s ‘return’ to the Middle East have focused on the extensive military intervention launched in Syria in 2015 in order to shore up Bashar al-Assad’s regime and o
Revolt in Syria
Morocco, Algeria and the Maghreb's cold war
While much of the international coverage on the Maghreb has focused on the ‘new threats’ the region faces, such as attacks by Islamic extremists, civil conflict or state collapse, its stability con
Revolution under threat
From Rabat to Manama and from Sana'a to Cairo, protesters who have marched in support of a form of government committed to respecting their basic human rights and economic needs have often hailed t
The resurgence of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghrib
The impact of the Gulf crisis on the Maghrib
Tension has long characterised the Qatari-Saudi relationship, mainly because of Doha’s financial support for Al-Jazeera, a TV channel which has over the years been intensely critical of Saudi forei
North Africa's Maliki Crisis
Scholars and policy-makers often explain the rise of Sunni fundamentalism in Syria and Iraq as the by-product of rampant sectarianism in the Levant. Yet they have struggled to grasp the factors beh
Balancing act
While violence is gripping Cairo, political instability simmers in Tunis and chaos still reigns in the streets of Tripoli, Rabat is often seen in the foreign media as a beacon of tranquility in an
The roots of growing social unrest in Tunisia
The ‘Tunisian model’ of peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy has been widely acclaimed as the Arab Spring’s ‘success story’ (The Guardian 2014), especially after it became clear that
Algeria enters into uncharted waters
The accumulating weight of the political, economic and security challenges shouldered by Algeria has recently led a number of observers to sound the regime’s death knell in blunt terms. Whilst, on
A new chapter in relations between Algeria and France
The relationship between Algiers and Paris has long been rocky, given the bitter legacy of French colonialism in North Africa. Yet in recent years the Algerian authorities expressed a willingness t
An Egyptian Scenario for Libya
Three years and a half after the fall of Mu'ammar Qadhafi, and as parliamentary elections were being held on 25 June; Libya is still faced with a series of daunting challenges. The country's transi
Commentary on current events in North Africa
From the September 2012 killing of the US Ambassador in Benghazi, and the subsequent storming of the US Embassy in Tunis, to the January 2013 hostage crisis in Algeria, Western security attention s
Current events in North Africa
Glancing at the recent electoral victories of Islamist parties in Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt, one would be tempted to describe the regional environment as having turned the broad-based ‘Arab spring
Revolution under threat
From Rabat to Manama and from Sana'a to Cairo, protesters who have marched in support of a form of government committed to respecting their basic human rights and economic needs have often hailed t
Current events in North Africa
Glancing at the recent electoral victories of Islamist parties in Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt, one would be tempted to describe the regional environment as having turned the broad-based ‘Arab spring
Commentary on current events
Commentary on current events in North Africa
From the September 2012 killing of the US Ambassador in Benghazi, and the subsequent storming of the US Embassy in Tunis, to the January 2013 hostage crisis in Algeria, Western security attention s
Revolt in Syria
Current events commentary
Balancing act
While violence is gripping Cairo, political instability simmers in Tunis and chaos still reigns in the streets of Tripoli, Rabat is often seen in the foreign media as a beacon of tranquility in an
Algeria
Algeria's hostage crisis of January 2013 at the Tigantourine gas facility, close to the eastern town of In Amenas, which resulted in the deaths of at least 39 hostages and 29 militants, is raising
Commentary on current events
Almost a year on, there is still much confusion surrounding the reasons behind the security failure at the In Amenas gas facility in eastern Algeria, which facilitated the bloody hostage crisis the
Commentary on current events
An Egyptian Scenario for Libya
Three years and a half after the fall of Mu'ammar Qadhafi, and as parliamentary elections were being held on 25 June; Libya is still faced with a series of daunting challenges. The country's transi
Is the Islamic State on the Rise in North Africa
Recent security developments in the Middle East have led a growing number of analysts to fear the emergence of a North African branch of the Islamic State – the brutal jihadist organisation that sp
A new chapter in relations between Algeria and France
The relationship between Algiers and Paris has long been rocky, given the bitter legacy of French colonialism in North Africa. Yet in recent years the Algerian authorities expressed a willingness t
Tunisia
A ‘model for the Arab Spring’, a ‘success story’, a ‘beacon of hope’ and even a ‘Carthaginian Summer’ – it has been in terms such as these that the Western media has lauded, in virtually every poss
The coming of North Africa's 'language wars
Long predicted on the decline, the French language seems to have regained some of its strength in recent years. A survey carried out between 2010 and 2014 by the Organisation Internationale de la F
North Africa's Maliki Crisis
Scholars and policy-makers often explain the rise of Sunni fundamentalism in Syria and Iraq as the by-product of rampant sectarianism in the Levant. Yet they have struggled to grasp the factors beh
High stakes for the peace process in Libya
North Africa's 'Berber question
In April 2016, dozens of thousands of people marched through the streets of Bejaia and Tizi Ouzou, the largest cities of the restive East Algerian province of Kabylia, to commemorate the 36th anniv
Morocco, Algeria and the Maghreb's cold war
While much of the international coverage on the Maghreb has focused on the ‘new threats’ the region faces, such as attacks by Islamic extremists, civil conflict or state collapse, its stability con
Algeria enters into uncharted waters
The accumulating weight of the political, economic and security challenges shouldered by Algeria has recently led a number of observers to sound the regime’s death knell in blunt terms. Whilst, on
The Algerian economy from 'oil curse' to 'diversification
The impact of the Gulf crisis on the Maghrib
Tension has long characterised the Qatari-Saudi relationship, mainly because of Doha’s financial support for Al-Jazeera, a TV channel which has over the years been intensely critical of Saudi forei
No to hoghra
On 28 October 2016, a gruesome incident in the small Moroccan port of al-Hoceima made global headlines. Muhsen Fikri, a 31-year-old fish wholesaler, was crushed to death by a garbage truck as he so
The pitfalls of Russia's growing influence in Libya
Many of the reports concerning Russia’s ‘return’ to the Middle East have focused on the extensive military intervention launched in Syria in 2015 in order to shore up Bashar al-Assad’s regime and o
The roots of growing social unrest in Tunisia
The ‘Tunisian model’ of peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy has been widely acclaimed as the Arab Spring’s ‘success story’ (The Guardian 2014), especially after it became clear that
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