O'Driscoll, Dylan ; Bourhrous, Amal ; Madda, Meray ; Fazil, Shivan, Protest and State-Society Relations in the Middle East and North Africa , Stockholm, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute , 2020 In this SIPRI policy paper the authors discuss the recurring issues raised by the 2019 wave of protests in the context of state-society relations in the Middle East and North Africa, general trends and the role of external actors. It also considers the probable impact of Covid-19.