It was nice to think the regions uprisings werent about the united states, or didnt have to. This guide lists online and print sources for what has become known as the arab spring, the popular revolutionary wave in the middle east and north africa that started in december 2010. Cnn, fox news and msnbc are the three most watched cable networks and the ones that face the most scrutiny. There followed months of political turmoil in which government forces killed hundreds of protesters. Polyvocal, leaderless and using new styles of communication, the post arab spring voices do not seek power but seek to defy the state and push it to address the hitherto taboo topics such as. Issue brief aftermath of the arab spring in north africa exports, and 98 percent of government revenues. People were tired of being oppressed and humiliated.
Social and national movementwhichstarted in 20102011. They also wanted more democracy, and end to corruption, and economic opportunity. Tunisia and the arab spring powerpoint, available in the carolina k12 database of k12 resources. A parsimonious explanation of recent contentious politics 2 whether american democratization policies have supported the protests barnes, 20 and described the importance of safetyvalve elections in autocratic regimes such as morocco buehler, 20. Mass protests erupted in january 2011 when president ali abdullah saleh tried to change the constitution so he could stay in power for life.
A year of revolution a year ago, a tunisian fruitseller set himself on fire after being humiliated by a police officer. The us found itself a bystander in the region during the arab spring, failing to. Egypt arab spring libguides at university of illinois at. In december 2010, protests began against the autocratic government in the northern african country of tunisia. Powerpoint accompaniment for carolina k12s lesson tunisia. The arab spring jason marshall introduction the arab spring is a blanket term to cover a multitude of uprisings and protests in the middle east that began in the winter of 2010 and continue today.
This paper examines comparable historical episodes of political instability to derive implications for the near and mediumterm economic outlook in the arab countries in transition. When the arab spring began, tunisia had an established infrastructure and a lower level of petty corruption than did other states, such as libya. The economic consequences of the arab spring by mohsin khan atlantic council rafik hariri center for the middle east the popular uprisings that swept the middle east in early 2011 dramatically altered the political landscape of the region with the overthrow of autocratic regimes in egypt, libya, tunisia, and yemen. The event set off uprisings across north africa and the middle east known as the arab spring. Womens rights and the arab spring middle eastnorth africa overview and fact sheet successful uprisings in tunisia and egypt in the last year have sparked movements against dictatorships across the middle east, north africa, and the gulf region. The arab spring is a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the arab world. Missing educational foundations for a productive life. Democratization in the arab world is both a valuable contribution to the literature on transition and an essential guide for understanding the arab spring.
How the arab spring movement has been covered by cnn, fox. It is too optimistic to think that existing dilemmas can be easily resolved in this new and changing environment, but the arab spring may provide strong momentum for change. Triggers, dynamics and prospects stephan rosiny on 17 december 2010, the selfimmolation of tunisian vegetable vendor mohammed bouazizi sparked the arab spring. Momani bessma arab spring a genuine revolutionary movement. They began first in tunisia, but have quickly spread to almost every nation of the region. Turkeys image in the arab world by paul salem foreign policy programme paul salem is the director of the carnegie middle east center. The arab spring was a series of prodemocracy uprisings that enveloped several largely muslim countries, including tunisia, morocco, syria. Hafez ghanem, maysa jalbout, liesbet steer, lauren greubel, adam parker, and katie smith tuesday, november 19, 20 facebook. While the uprising in tunisia led to some improvements in the country from a humanrights perspective, not all of the nations that witnessed such social and political. The bbcs middle east correspondent kevin connolly sets out 10 unanticipated outcomes. The arab world had remained the exception for the analogy. Demonstrators expressing political and economic grievances faced violent crackdowns by.
Pdf the middle east and north africa mena have long been laden with tensions and. Aug 28, 2019 the arab spring was a series of antigovernment protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across the middle east in early 2011. Polyvocal, leaderless and using new styles of communication, the postarab spring voices do not seek power but seek to defy the state and push it to address the hitherto taboo topics such as. Cable news is often accussed of catering to specific audiences, biased reporting and a variety of other criticisms. The arab spring demonstrated that public opinion can powerfully affect the regions political life.
This guide compiles resources about the arab spring from different think tanks and news sources, and it guides you on how to find relevant. The arab spring was a series of antigovernment protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across the middle east in early 2011. Pdf on the economic causes of the arab spring and its. Although this is mostly a regional issue, it affects many countries all over the world. This is when russias resurgence in the region became clearly evident, culminating with the first major combat deployment of the russian armed forces in 2015 in a war theatre located far beyond the postsoviet neighbourhood. Ivergence and decline the middle east and the world. Over the past two years, ongoing political transitions in many arab countries have led to social unrest and an economic downturn. Alfred deakin professor fethi mansouri holds a deakin university research chair in migration and intercultural studies and is the director of the alfred deakin institute for citizenship and globalisation. After discussing the cartoons and handouts, ask each group to share their definitions of the arab spring. And their night will then begin to fade, and their chains break and fall. Imf working papers imf international monetary fund. Arab spring is a political concept that spread widely in the media and academic art publications.
The arab uprisings have brought down regimes, but other consequences have been far less predictable. The slogan used by protestors in egypts tahrir square was bread, freedom and human dignity. After female activists played a prominent role in actions leading to the recent. The arab spring is a revolutionary movement empowered by the strength of individuals, communities, and rise of technology. Causes, consequences, and implications if, one day, a people desire to live, then fate will answer their call. Hundreds of thousands of tunisians took to the streets calling for an end to authoritarian rule.
To view this pdf as a projectable presentation, save the file, click view in the top menu bar of the file, and select full screen mode. This article is about the demonstrations and revolts in the arab world in the early 2010s. But their purpose, relative success, and outcome remain hotly disputed in arab countries, among foreign observers, and between world powers looking to cash in on the changing map of the middle east. Syrian refugees in lebanon april 2011april 2012, research paper serieslerc no. Germany and the arab spring timo behr th october 2012 on the wrong side of history. On december 9, 20, the brookings doha center bdc hosted a policy discussion on russias role in the middle east. In 20 he was awarded a unesco chair in comparative research on. Its causes and consequences 3 arab countries barany, 2011. Therefore, cases from the arab revolutions and dtps in the menaregion1, stresses the importance on research handling new approaches and. The arab spring marked a discontinuity in regional history as well as in social. Arab spring revolutions have not yet created democracies. The role of information communication technologies in the arab spring implications beyond the region ponars eurasia policy memo no.
Dec 17, 2010 arab spring, the widespread protests and revolts in the arab world and in northern africa, originated in tunisia. To politically analyze the neverending arab spring, is a difficult task today as the arab spring continues to. The event set off uprisings across north africa and the. At the eve of the arab spring, one out of four egyptians and tunisians young was out of employment. On the economic causes of the arab spring and its possible developments. Note the similarities and differences between each group then share the following overview of the arab spring. The middle east and the world after the arab spring by vanessa tucker nearly two years after it began, the wave of popular uprisings that has shaken the middle east and north. Tunisians look at books for sale in a bookshop window that were previously banned under the former president zine elabidine ben ali on january 20, 2011 in tunis, tunisia. The tumult of the arab spring also showed autocratic governmentsand the rest of the worldthat millions of people living in islamic nations believe in free expression and democratic governance. The arab spring of discontent einternational relations. Ruth hanau santini writes on womens rights in tunisia, egypt and libya in the wake of the arab awakening. The arab spring was a series of prodemocracy uprisings that enveloped several largely muslim countries, including tunisia, morocco, syria, libya, egypt and shows this day in history. Qualitative comparative analysis encompassing the largest caseselection studying the arab.
The roots and causes of the 2011 arab uprisings kamal eldin osman salih abstract. Thi s researc h articl e attempts to scrutinize the nature and cause s of the ara b uprising s which too k people by surpris e globall y throughou t 2011 and int o 2012. Greater access to information and awareness, including of individual. This concept is used as an indication to a wide range of uprisings in the middle east and north africa mena region during the past two years. To politically analyze the neverending arab spring, is a difficult task today as the arab spring continues to evolve and change by daily events. As protest and revolution shake the arab world, this series of films document the arab awakening, offering fresh. Long known for its ancient civilisation, egypt is the largest arab country and has played a central role in middle eastern politics in modern times. Much of the analyses of german reactions to the arab spring uprisings have focused on germanys contentious decision relating to libya. While fully recognizing the immense challenges that lie ahead, it argues convincingly for a policy of sustained yet prudent support for the process of democratic transformation that is now. Disturbances have ranged from protests to full civil war and the overthrow of government. Rulers have been forced from power, tunisia, egypt twice, libya and yemen. Cable networks have played a large role covering the arab spring in the united states.
Within a few months, a wave of protest had swept away the despots of tunisia, egypt and libya. Mar 18, 2017 the arab spring unexpectedly developed in late 2010 with peaceful protests in a number of arab countries against longstanding, entrenched regimes, and rapid political change across the region ensued. Today, just as before the arab spring, womens rights groups in the arab world are fighting for rights set forth in the united nations convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women cedaw, the most comprehensive womens rights treaty, and are using it to demand government action. The influx of citizens in the country of tunisia, syria, egypt, and many. Over the past few decades most regions around the world have undergone significant transitions and democratisation efforts with varying degrees of success. Demonstrators expressing political and economic grievances faced violent crackdowns by their countries security forces. Overview arab uprisings libguides at american university. Many of the people from the middle east were influenced.
Ascendancy frustrated gulf research center regional politics is now more complicated, with crosscutting alliances and linkages and multiple issues, sectarian, territorial, and political. From revolution to civil war 78 zones and does not tightly define civil war versus other intrastate conflict. The role of information communication technologies in the. Change and resistance in the middle east examines these revolutions and their aftermath.
Ppt arab spring powerpoint presentation free to download. Oct 01, 2012 cbs news indepth look at the arab spring. Russias dramatic reemergence in the middle east and north africa is dictated first. The influx of citizens in the country of tunisia, syria, egypt, and many others opposed their governments dictatorship. Speakers assessed russias political objectives in the region, its. A schematic summary of the indepth study of the arab spring.
Sam van vliet and guita hourani, refugees of the arab spring. In the 2011 arab spring protests, social media networks played an important role in the rapid disintegration of at least two regimes, tunisia and egypt, while also. Arab spring happens in the middle eastern nations, which include tunisia, egypt, libya and yemen. One of the primary influences that have been highlighted in the analysis of the arab spring is the relative strength or weakness of a societys formal and informal institutions prior to the revolts. A bumpy road ahead pdf by hassan hakimian, director of the london middle east institute and reader, economics department, soas underscores the underlying importance of the economic conditions facing the new republics, such as egypt and tunisia, which are emerging as a result of the arab spring. Tunisia and morocco are different in that they are more diversified and depend on agriculture, tourism, manufacturing, and mining. Arab spring research guide and notes sheet introduction. The role of information communication technologies in the arab. Arab spring, wave of prodemocracy protests and uprisings that took place in the middle east and north africa beginning in 2010, challenging some of the regions entrenched authoritarian regimes. Oct 09, 2015 islamism, the arab spring, and the failure of americas donothing policy in the middle east. The arab spring is a series of uprisings in arab countries.
Prior to joining carnegie in 2006, salem was the general director of the fares foundation and from 1989 to 1999 he founded and directed the lebanese center for policy studies, lebanons leading public. This paper argues that we ought to understand the arab spring as transformative revolutionary movement, but one that will be faced with numerous bumps in the road ahead. Along with the decrease in production, the demographic boom was also responsible for increasing unemployment. Widely circulated pdfs of tip sheets explained how to pull off a successful protest. Causes include human rights violations, economic decline, as well as extreme poverty caused by unemployment. Something that exists underground finds and outlet and emerges philosophical significance place of gathering realisation purity spring 5. Zine alabindine ben ali, or ben ali, dismissed bourguiba on counts of senility. Development of conflict in arab spring libya and syria. Womens rights and the arab spring middle eastnorth. The arab spring refers to a wave of revolutions and protest movements which have spread across the middle east.
The arab spring movement has captivated the world over the past few years. For other arab revolts, see arab revolt disambiguation. Tunisia and the arab spring overview nc essential standards. Arab spring revolutions have not yet created democracies, but.
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