Arab spring wasis a reaction against host of issues that had been at work for long. 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. The arab spring was a series of antigovernment protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across the middle east in early 2011. Reasons for arab spring based on views in developing. Meanwhile, egyptians rose in revolt as strikes across the country brought daily life to a halt and toppled the government. For example, decades long repressive political rules, lack of basic human rights such as freedom of speech and expression, socioeconomic injustice, exercise of absolute power and use of brutal force, high level of corruption, patronage, nepotism, denial of. It began in response to oppressive regimes and a low standard of living, starting with protests in tunisia noueihed, 2011. Arab springstateexpanded to show the template expanded, i. However, although even through the epithet of nonviolent facebook revolutions. While interconnected, uprisings in each nation took different forms and reached. Obama demanded bashar alassads departure but resisted pressures to arm the opposition or impose a.
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. Arab spring definition is a series of antigovernment uprisings affecting arab countries of north africa and the middle east beginning in 2010. Over the last five years, tunisias image in national and international media has changed dramatically from being the cradle of the arab spring to. Analysis of the arab spring 3 blunders in state response, in particular using a heavyhanded approach and trying to crush opposition, had the reverse effect of galvanising more people to join the protests icg, 2011b and 2011d. Triggers, dynamics and prospects stephan rosiny on 17 december 2010, the selfimmolation of tunisian vegetable vendor mohammed bouazizi sparked the arab spring. 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. The winds of war blowing between saudi arabia and qatar, as well as iranian subversion, are destabilizing the persian gulf principalities. It challenged some of the regions most authoritarian regimes. This is the first article of a two part series examining the iraqi revolution and the five years that followed it.
They quickly toppled the autocratic govern ments of tunisia, egypt, libya, and yemen. Bashar alassads government brutally suppressed mass protests which began on 15 march 2011. The arab spring was a movement in favor of democracy in the arab world. There, the soviet occupation suppressed a broad, if not universal desire for constitutional democracy modeled on western europe.
Disturbances have ranged from protests to full civil war and the overthrow of government. The protests spread to five other countries thereafter. Regime changes have occurred in tunisia, egypt, and libya, while movements cnntinue to grow in both those countries as well as bahrain, syria, and yemen. Change and resistance in the middle east examines these revolutions and their aftermath. The arab spring was an exercise in irony, nowhere more so than in egypt.
The arab spring was a wave of prodemocracy protests and uprisings that took place in the middle east and north africa in 2010 and 2011. Toward better analysis of new media and the arab spring. 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. On the surface, it appeared to be the arab equivalent of 1989 in eastern europe. Arab spring and womens rights council on foreign relations. Of the four major arab spring protests analyzedtunisia, egypt, libya, and bahrain. 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. From resilience to revolt, making sense of the arab spring wodc. Social media is no longer the domain of the liberal youth, empowering different agendas across the political map. The arab spring uprisings of 2011 triggered a wide set of social movements and regime change across the middle east and north africa. To make matters worse, the economic situation, which has worsened in recent years because of illadvised decisions, is stoking fears of popular uprisings and widespread disturbances. Third, and perhaps more importantly, is the notion of the decline of capitalism or the capitalist relation as they would have it that serves to frame the text. Development of conflict in arab spring libya and syria.
The arab spring and political change in tunisia and egypt. Mapping the obama administrations response to the arab spring. Arab spring definition of arab spring by merriamwebster. Between the islamic state and the nationstate the brookings project on u. What the arab spring means for sudan enough project. Necessary and sufficient variables for protests in the arab spring. Deputy secretary general, mr president, excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen. The series of popular uprisings known as the arab spring began in 2011. It is an honour to address the united nations general assembly for the first time and its a particular honour to do so as such. The armed forces played a decisive role in many of the arab uprisings, particularly the early ones. Reflections from october 2011 to september 20 67 1.
Noted authorities writing specifically for this volume. More than a quartermillion people flooded into tahrir square in cairo on feb. It soon spread to other countries in north africa and the middle east. Syria, the bloodiest front of the arab spring, has been the biggest challenge. Thus in terms of shifting regional politics and irans role within the context of these changes, the arab spring has served to highlight the extent to which relations between actors can not be confined to a bilateral context. Barack obama, the arab spring and a series of unforeseen. The arab spring its impact on the region and on the middle east conference of the regime and within the regime, with the former comprising tunisia, egypt, and libya and the latter including jordan and saudi arabia. The reasons and economic and political consequences of. Demonstrators expressing political and economic grievances faced violent crackdowns by their countries security forces. A case study of andy carvins sources during the tunisian and egyptian revolutions introduction this paper presents a case study on the use of sources by national public radios andy carvin on twitter during key periods of the 2011 tunisian and egyptian uprisings. This is an arab revolution 27 atlantic centrism 30 is cairo the next new york.
I was terribly wrong writers look back at the arab. Within a few months, a wave of protest had swept away the despots of tunisia, egypt and libya. The roots and causes of the 2011 arab uprisings kamal eldin osman salih abstract. The reasons of arab spring arab spring was triggered by economic hardships and peoples democratic aspirations stepan and linz, 20. Arab world is rarely viewed in isolation, and that this apprehension predates the transformative events of recent months. What the arab spring means for sudan a policy essay john prendergast september 2011. This is most evident in the very title the arab spring in the autumn of capital and in the conclusion of the postscript. The movement began in tunisia in 2010, and thereafter it soon spread to other countries in north africa and the middle east. Algeria underwent a political opening too, one that commenced in november 1988 with the adoption of a number of politi cal reforms that seemed to open the way for the dismantling of single. Taking power through technology in the arab spring. Arab spring students britannica kids homework help. The arab spring, successful international efforts at civilian protection, and the escalating multifront civil war in sudan, have changed the framework for what the endgame should look like in sudan. A year of revolution a year ago, a tunisian fruitseller set himself on fire after being humiliated by a police officer.