Causes include human rights violations, economic decline, as well as extreme poverty caused by unemployment. Zine alabindine ben ali, or ben ali, dismissed bourguiba on counts of senility. The role of information communication technologies in the arab spring implications beyond the region ponars eurasia policy memo no. Within a few months, a wave of protest had swept away the despots of tunisia, egypt and libya. Its causes and consequences 3 arab countries barany, 2011. They began first in tunisia, but have quickly spread to almost every nation of the region.
Sam van vliet and guita hourani, refugees of the arab spring. Note the similarities and differences between each group then share the following overview of the arab spring. 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. Dec 17, 2010 arab spring, the widespread protests and revolts in the arab world and in northern africa, originated in tunisia. 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.
Ppt arab spring powerpoint presentation free to download. Arab spring research guide and notes sheet introduction. Womens rights and the arab spring middle eastnorth. 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. The influx of citizens in the country of tunisia, syria, egypt, and many others opposed their governments dictatorship. 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. 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. Arab spring is a political concept that spread widely in the media and academic art publications. The arab spring is a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the arab world. The arab world had remained the exception for the analogy.
Ascendancy frustrated gulf research center regional politics is now more complicated, with crosscutting alliances and linkages and multiple issues, sectarian, territorial, and political. Development of conflict in arab spring libya and syria. Cable networks have played a large role covering the arab spring in the united states. The arab uprisings have brought down regimes, but other consequences have been far less predictable. Hafez ghanem, maysa jalbout, liesbet steer, lauren greubel, adam parker, and katie smith tuesday, november 19, 20 facebook. Mass protests erupted in january 2011 when president ali abdullah saleh tried to change the constitution so he could stay in power for life. Disturbances have ranged from protests to full civil war and the overthrow of government. 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. Issue brief aftermath of the arab spring in north africa exports, and 98 percent of government revenues.
Therefore, cases from the arab revolutions and dtps in the menaregion1, stresses the importance on research handling new approaches and. Overview arab uprisings libguides at american university. Demonstrators expressing political and economic grievances faced violent crackdowns by. Speakers assessed russias political objectives in the region, its. Democratization in the arab world is both a valuable contribution to the literature on transition and an essential guide for understanding the arab spring. This article is about the demonstrations and revolts in the arab world in the early 2010s. The arab spring marked a discontinuity in regional history as well as in social. The arab spring refers to a wave of revolutions and protest movements which have spread across the middle east.
The arab spring of discontent einternational relations. 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. 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. How the arab spring movement has been covered by cnn, fox. Change and resistance in the middle east examines these revolutions and their aftermath. The arab spring was a series of antigovernment protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across the middle east in early 2011. The roots and causes of the 2011 arab uprisings kamal eldin osman salih abstract. Tunisia and the arab spring overview nc essential standards. Turkeys image in the arab world by paul salem foreign policy programme paul salem is the director of the carnegie middle east center. 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. 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.
After discussing the cartoons and handouts, ask each group to share their definitions 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. Oct 09, 2015 islamism, the arab spring, and the failure of americas donothing policy in the middle east. A year of revolution a year ago, a tunisian fruitseller set himself on fire after being humiliated by a police officer. Syrian refugees in lebanon april 2011april 2012, research paper serieslerc no. 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. The bbcs middle east correspondent kevin connolly sets out 10 unanticipated outcomes. This pdf document is a list of the arabic materials that are available at the university of illinois in regards to egypts role in the arab spring.
And their night will then begin to fade, and their chains break and fall. In 20 he was awarded a unesco chair in comparative research on. The arab spring movement has captivated the world over the past few years. Social and national movementwhichstarted in 20102011. Although this is mostly a regional issue, it affects many countries all over the world. The us found itself a bystander in the region during the arab spring, failing to. Pdf the middle east and north africa mena have long been laden with tensions and. Arab spring revolutions have not yet created democracies, but. Hundreds of thousands of tunisians took to the streets calling for an end to authoritarian rule. Tunisia and the arab spring powerpoint, available in the carolina k12 database of k12 resources.
This guide compiles resources about the arab spring from different think tanks and news sources, and it guides you on how to find relevant. 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. 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. On the economic causes of the arab spring and its possible developments. Momani bessma arab spring a genuine revolutionary movement. 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. Over the past few decades most regions around the world have undergone significant transitions and democratisation efforts with varying degrees of success. Something that exists underground finds and outlet and emerges philosophical significance place of gathering realisation purity spring 5. The role of information communication technologies in the arab. Triggers, dynamics and prospects stephan rosiny on 17 december 2010, the selfimmolation of tunisian vegetable vendor mohammed bouazizi sparked the arab spring.
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. The arab spring was a series of prodemocracy uprisings that enveloped several largely muslim countries, including tunisia, morocco, syria. 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. Causes, consequences, and implications if, one day, a people desire to live, then fate will answer their call. 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. From revolution to civil war 78 zones and does not tightly define civil war versus other intrastate conflict. It was nice to think the regions uprisings werent about the united states, or didnt have to. A schematic summary of the indepth study of the arab spring. 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. Cnn, fox news and msnbc are the three most watched cable networks and the ones that face the most scrutiny. Pdf on the economic causes of the arab spring and its. 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. 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. Rulers have been forced from power, tunisia, egypt twice, libya and yemen.
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. People were tired of being oppressed and humiliated. Tunisia and morocco are different in that they are more diversified and depend on agriculture, tourism, manufacturing, and mining. For other arab revolts, see arab revolt disambiguation. The event set off uprisings across north africa and the middle east known as the arab spring. Along with the decrease in production, the demographic boom was also responsible for increasing unemployment. Germany and the arab spring timo behr th october 2012 on the wrong side of history. 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. Over the past two years, ongoing political transitions in many arab countries have led to social unrest and an economic downturn. Egypt arab spring libguides at university of illinois at. Imf working papers imf international monetary fund. The influx of citizens in the country of tunisia, syria, egypt, and many. To politically analyze the neverending arab spring, is a difficult task today as the arab spring continues to.
To politically analyze the neverending arab spring, is a difficult task today as the arab spring continues to evolve and change by daily events. Many of the people from the middle east were influenced. As protest and revolution shake the arab world, this series of films document the arab awakening, offering fresh. 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. There followed months of political turmoil in which government forces killed hundreds of protesters. Arab spring happens in the middle eastern nations, which include tunisia, egypt, libya and yemen. 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. 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. Missing educational foundations for a productive life. After female activists played a prominent role in actions leading to the recent. 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.
Oct 01, 2012 cbs news indepth look at the arab spring. Qualitative comparative analysis encompassing the largest caseselection studying the arab. Demonstrators expressing political and economic grievances faced violent crackdowns by their countries security forces. The slogan used by protestors in egypts tahrir square was bread, freedom and human dignity.
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. 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 arab spring demonstrated that public opinion can powerfully affect the regions political life. When the arab spring began, tunisia had an established infrastructure and a lower level of petty corruption than did other states, such as libya. Cable news is often accussed of catering to specific audiences, biased reporting and a variety of other criticisms. The role of information communication technologies in the. Powerpoint accompaniment for carolina k12s lesson tunisia. On december 9, 20, the brookings doha center bdc hosted a policy discussion on russias role in the middle east. Much of the analyses of german reactions to the arab spring uprisings have focused on germanys contentious decision relating to libya.
They also wanted more democracy, and end to corruption, and economic opportunity. At the eve of the arab spring, one out of four egyptians and tunisians young was out of employment. 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. Russias dramatic reemergence in the middle east and north africa is dictated first. The arab spring is a revolutionary movement empowered by the strength of individuals, communities, and rise of technology. The event set off uprisings across north africa and the. The arab spring is a series of uprisings in arab countries.
Greater access to information and awareness, including of individual. In december 2010, protests began against the autocratic government in the northern african country of tunisia. Ivergence and decline the middle east and the world. Arab spring revolutions have not yet created democracies. Widely circulated pdfs of tip sheets explained how to pull off a successful protest.
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