In his keynote speech Prof. Dr. Peter R. Neumann (King's College London) sheds light on the current political development in the states of the Arab world, which in many places is accompanied by an authoritarian restoration. He argues that we are at the end of a long decade in which we have gone full circle: From authoritarianism to Islamism and back to authoritarianism again. But where do we go from there?
Peter Neumann's research project "From "Spring" to "Fall": Islamist Approaches to Governance in the Middle East" was funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation as part of the special programme Islam.