Arab Spring - Science topic

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William Lawrence Do you still believe that there is an Arab Spring after Hillary Clinton's letters ( E mails ) were declassified?

you can see Azmi Beshara, Gelbert Achcar, Carnegie inst., this depends on what you are focusing on exactly.

This is a broad question. I have one insight. Most of the people who changed the world, more or less had one characteristic, they questioned assumptions. In other words, they questioned what was normal, met with serious resistance,but pursed their ideas anyways... Gandhi for example, he fought without what we understand as fighting (with violence). Instead he used non-violence to fight.

University College London has a City Leadership Laboratory https://www.cityleadership.net

Thanks, Pablo. We are interested in comparative national governance and would study the draft of your report and revert to you.

Best wishes.

While it was not a migration  in the strict sense, citizens of the German Democratic Republic after November 9th, 1989 were often disappointed by the realitiy of life in the Federal Republic of Germany - as they had built their expectations on TV series and commercial spots.

The lure of Europe may also be amplified by reports home from those who reached their destination. Because I doubt that someone who does not have at least a moderate amount of success to show calls home to tell about it. "I sleep in a cardboard box, always ready to run for my life from hostile Europeans, and I provide sexual satisfaction to ugly men for a living" is nothing you want your friends and relatives to read, right?

Hi Annette,

I would recommend you to have a look at introductory texts (readers, etc...) to the different parts of your question. Regarding ethnicity, identity and sectarianism you could have a look at the oxford reader Ethnicity by Hutchinson and Smith with plenty of extracts on the different theories on those topics. For a serious introduction on the issue of ethnic conflict you could have a look to Horowitz's Ethnic group in conflict (but this would probably be a hard work). For a whole theoretically informed and highly explanatory perspective on the arab revolts undoubtedly you could have a look at Gilbert Achcar's The people. There is already plenty of literature in the form of articles or reports on ethnicity or sectarianism in Syria and Bahrain, ie. reports on both countries by International Crisis Group and so on. The book Burning Country by Robin yassin-Kassab and Leila al-Shami has interesting explanations for sectarianism (particularly the role of government) in the syrian conflict and you could also find those explanations in the many videos they have posted on youtube.

Interesting topic

All the best.

The field has got somewhat quiet after 2000.  Here's the link to the first article in a whole journal devoted to Agenda Setting. Priming  and Framing

Margaret Litvin's book Hamlet's Arab Journey covers an earlier period, but I would have thought its emphasis on theatre responding to political events could be applicable to your topic as well:

Hi Bernard,

I advice you to read Weapons of Mass Migration, from author Kelly Greenhill.

Among other arguments, she explains: "In the case of the removal of Gaddafi in Libya, despite his many unpalatable characteristics, Gaddafi did play a significant role in regulating migration flows across the Mediterranean, and once he was removed from power, another source of control over the flows across the Mediterranean also disappeared. In addition, there were weapon transfers from Libya to other parts of North Africa, including most recently to Boko Haram in Nigeria. We also know that some of the fighters who fought in the Libyan War then went elsewhere in the region, including the Tuareg fighters who ended up being principal drivers behind the rebellion in Mali. Sometimes the best of intentions can lead to greater chaos, destabilization, and dispossession of people."

I do not write on international relations issues.

As far as I know no changes took place since the Arab Spring has occurred outside UAE and Saudi Arabia.

Re: a "social revolution"

Eleanor:

Like G. Bothun, I am unsure that a social revolution occurred - or at least not the one we might have anticipated. It's true that professors no longer wear suits (never mind academic robes) in class and the Church pews hold fewer believers, but that (and other) matters are secondary at best and frivolous at worst.

Meantime, as the 1960s morphed into the 1980s, we got something closer to a "social revolution" in the mantra that "greed is good," the triumph of neoliberalism, the continuation of the "permanent war," etc., etc.

As John Hiatt sang in "No More Dancin' in the Street":

"Martha and the Vandellas taught you how to do as you please,

Now all of you idiots are dancin' to the Bee Gees!"

So it goes. So it went.

I have compared 143 countries with each other (see the attached publications). According to my results, Corruption Perception Index very much describes the quality of public governance. Tunis had 4.2 and Egypt 2.9 In 2007. Thus public governance in Tunis was much more ready to further advances than in Egypt.

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I don't know what's your your idea exactly is. but few month ego, i saw a course about struggles in Muslim's world. i think that it will be very useful for you.

you can see it, in Coursera. this link can lead you:

Thanks a lot Jt Velikovsky for quality information and update.