Podcast: "The Long Goodbye: Algeria's Protracted Succession Crisis and the Constitutional Question" with Hugh Roberts

An audio recording of a public talk by Hugh Roberts, Edward Keller Professor of North African and Middle Eastern History, Tufts University.

On February 10, Hugh Roberts presented his research on the unfolding succession crisis in the Algerian presidency and security services, and its implications for the future. When President Bouteflika had a stroke in April 2013, Algeria faced the forbidding prospect of a triple succession crisis, since the chief of the general staff and the director of the intelligence services were, like the president himself, in their mid- to late seventies and due if not overdue for retirement. Roberts argued that the break-up of the intelligence services since the autumn of 2013 and the dismissal of its overlord, General Mediène, has simplified the succession problem but not resolved it. The decision to revise the Constitution at this juncture adds another dimension to what is taking place.

Listen to the full recording of Dr. Robert's February 10, 2016 talk below:

For more about Dr. Roberts and the event, click here.