The arab gulf states and reform in the middle east between. Irans role in the arab spring of libya, by iakovos alhadeff. Economic protests also took place in the gaza strip. Fears of iranian influence among shia in the arab gulf states and the threat of revolutionary movements in other gulf states. Jun 26, 20 this article examines the iranian ruling elites as well as oppositionist views of the arab spring, explaining why iran has not followed its arab counterparts in engaging a revolutionary and violent confrontation with the islamic republic regime.
In this essay, i propose to speculate on the current, more or less popular. There have also been changes in countries which did not experience arab spring uprisings. This booklet examines two incidents of the arab spring. Irans role in the arab spring of libya in epub, pdf. Which features of society can explain the largescale protests in the arab spring. Ascendancy frustrated gulf research center regional politics is now more complicated, with crosscutting alliances and linkages and multiple issues, sectarian, territorial, and political. The main winner would be tehran, for which the current crisis, along with the boycott imposed on qatar, has opened a path to a takeover of bahrain and iran has already, in effect, taken over baghdad, damascus, beirut, and sanaa. May 26, 2015 the arab spring intelligence failure is a cautionary tale when approaching other issues requiring objective assessments, such as iran s intentions regarding nuclear weapons, russias next moves in. Project muse the arab gulf states and reform in the middle. Users can either download particular bibliographies in pdf or other formats or download the full set in a single zip archive see the file inventory on the right. Download pdf the arab spring the end of postcolonialism. The decline of nation states after the arab spring. Download pdf with the worlds attention focused on the dramatic events of the arab spring, iran continues to make progress on its nuclear program. However, not many of the protesters demands were met.
May 20, 2019 in addition to the study of the critical junctures that led to and defined the arab spring, this paper will consider the relationship of elites to nonelites during the turbulent times and the exogenous factors that limit the policy options arab spring countries faced. In spite of its title, this book is less about reform in the gulf states and more about the recalibration of their security strategy and threat perceptions in response to the arab spring and irans continuing ascendance as a regional player. The us found itself a bystander in the region during the arab spring, failing to anticipate it, but given its. The arab spring the end of postcolonialism download the arab spring the end of postcolonialism ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format. Iran and the arab spring naysan rafati t he events of the arab spring, it has been argued, have their precursors in iran. Egyptian revolution, also known as arab spring or arab uprising, was a shock for international community because egypt has been seen as one of the strongest military state in north africa region. Nov 03, 2018 whats happening in the middle east today can be traced back to the 2011 arab spring, which sparked a desire for democratic change among ordinary people and, among governments, a countervailing. Although there is increasing economic, social, and political pressure on the state, the kingdom remains immune from the surprisingly widespread political upheavals. Qaddafi was a very strongheaded dictator and somehow he managed to bring everyone against him during the arab spring of libya. The us found itself a bystander in the region during the arab spring, failing to. The arab spring and its effect on turkishiranian relations. Iran although not an arab country and saudi arabia were. The iranian factor in the emerging balance of power in the. Click download or read online button to the arab spring the end of postcolonialism book pdf for free now.
Pdf iran and the arab spring arang keshavarzian and. Mar 14, 2017 the revolutionary uprisings that swept the arab middle east in the 2010s are sometimes compared to the revolutionary uprisings of 1848 in europe. When the arab spring began, iran had been on a winning streak in the middle east cold war. 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. It will be regularly updated with new publications. Arab spring intelligence failure holds warning for u. In the era of the arab spring, 1 saudi arabia has been one of a very small group of relatively unaffected arab countries. Turkeys foreign policy towards the middle east 3 historical analysis, y. Free download of irans role in the arab spring of libya by iakovos alhadeff. Turkey and irans preferences in syria are reflections of the government systems they want to have in their own countries. The arab winter is a term for the resurgence of authoritarianism, absolute monarchies and islamic extremism evolving in the aftermath of the arab spring protests in arab countries.
Iran s leaders assert that the political structure of the middle east is heavily weighted in favor of the united states and its regional allies and against those. Russias dramatic reemergence in the middle east and north africa is dictated first. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. The arab spring intelligence failure is a cautionary tale when approaching other issues requiring objective assessments, such as iran s intentions regarding. Regional actors, global powers, and middle east strategy, cohosted by aljazeera centre for studies ajcs and john hopkins university jhu in washington earlier this summer, has triggered wider debate about the nature and the promise of an emerging balance of power in the region.
The protesters were angry that their countries did not give them many rights. The 201112 protests in iran were a series of demonstrations in iran which began on 14 february 2011, called the day of rage. Dec 06, 2017 it has taken three long years for the iraqi army to claim almost total victory over sunni islamists, after receiving important help from iran. Jul, 2017 these internal crises could lead to a new arab spring in which some of the gulf monarchies might fall. Whos reporting the protests converging practices of. As a hypothesisgenerating work, this study aims to provide specific hypotheses regarding constructive thirdparty roles for turkey in the arab spring that can be. Then, the arab spring spread across the middle east and north africa. Consequently, supreme leader khamenei called the events of the arab spring a natural enlargement of iran s islamic revolution of 1979 and credited his country for being the catalyst of this islamic awakening. In reality, iran not only stayed outspoken over the arab uprising by publicising its islamic awakening scenario, but also used the. While the iranian government authorities attempted to appropriate the arab spring, claiming it was a continuation of the iranian revolution of 1979, the events revived popular longing for. Strategic forum april 2011 does the behavior of iran s armed forces during and after the 1979 revolution hold relevant lessons for current unrest in the middle east. The 2009 protests in iran and the 2011 arab uprisings took place in complex and fast evolving media ecologies.
As protest and revolution shake the arab world, this series of films document the arab awakening, offering fresh. The arab gulf states and reform in the middle east is a useful introduction to the complexities of the gulf. Needless to say, the events of the past five yearsparticularly the arab spring and the subsequent descent into chaoshave had a profound impact on the regional political system. Pdf iran and arab spring wise men center for strategic. The 201820 arab protests, also referred to as the new arab spring, arab summer or arab spring 2. Prospects for democratization in the middle east postarab spring. 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.
Therefore, the current leadership argues that the revolution should no longer be exported actively, but that iran should serve as an example. This volume focuses on interpreting the changing domestic and regional dynamics in the arab world and iran. Thus, iran s achievement is pointed up in areas such as producing the highest rate of. To answer this question a comparative analysis is made of arab countries during the arab. Read or download iran s role in the arab spring of libya at shakespir, your free ebook reading partner.
The term arab winter refers to the events across arab league countries in the mideast and north africa, including the syrian civil war, the iraqi insurgency and the following civil war, the egyptian crisis, the. How has the arab spring changed the strategic environment for u. The current phase of confrontation is part of a larger domestic transformation of iran and turkey under the influence of the arab spring. Click download or read online button to get the decline of nation states after the arab spring book now. Five years after the arab spring, most middle eastern countries have either devolved into chaos or restored autocracy in a bid for stability at the expense of regions burgeoning desire for freedom. Following the 1848 metaphor, turkey emerged as the most vocal albeit unsuccessful supporter of the revolutionary forces during the arab spring, whereas iran and russia gradually emerged as the most decisive and successful supporters of the. The events of the arab spring, it has been argued, have their precursors in iran. Arab spring free download as powerpoint presentation. Libyas second revolution by maryjane deeb the uprising that wasnt supposed to happen. Global fellow at the wilson center in washington, dc and professor of international relations, sabanci university. In general, it has brought a growing sunnishia sectarian tinge to regional conflict, and iran finds itself on the wrong side of that fight in most. The international conference shaping a new balance of power in the middle east. The arab spring of oman and the arab spring of libya. Turkey the arab spring and beyond download ebook pdf.
The arab world and iran a turbulent region in transition. This pioneering explanation of the arab spring will define a new era of thinking about the middle east. Syrias case in the context of the arab spring has been sui generis. 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. The arab spring has swept away the status quo and our interests in the. The advent of the arab spring has challenged iran s capacity to exert its influence in its turbulent neighbourhood.
Will these momentous events enhance irans foreign policy opportunities, or will they ultimately lead to further isolation and strategic loneliness for iran. The arab spring has presented tehran with new opportunities but also new challenges in the middle east. Pria 26 tahun itu memutuskan untuk bekerja menjadi pedagang kaki lima, penjual buah dan sayuran di sidi bouzid, kirakira 300 km jauhnya di selatan ibu kota tunisia. By 2011, the arab spring created opportunities for iran with the weakening of regimes and the onset or expansion of insurgencies in countries like syria, yemen, and iraq. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook.
This article examines qatars activist foreign policy role in the arab spring and probes whether such a role is sustainable in future in view of the constraints qatar faces at home, in the gulf. The bbcs persian and arabic language services, which reach millions, drew heavily on content created by ordinary citizens to cover events. The question that guides the research in my thesis, then, is the following. It hypothesizes that in spite of the initial shortterm benefits of the arab spring, in the longterm it. Turkeys role in the arab spring and the syrian conflict tpq. However the emphasis is on the libyan arab spring and the toppling of the libyan dictator muammar qaddafi in 2011. The iranian leadership has gone so far as to tout the recent developments in the arab world as a victory for the islamic revolution of 1979, with egypt and tunisia walking in iran s proverbial. The confrontation between the two bitter rivals iran and saudi arabia has engulfed several middle eastern countries and many regional and international islamic organizations, such as the league of arab states, the gulf cooperation council, and the organization of islamic cooperation oic. The role of information communication technologies in the arab spring.
Smashwords irans role in the arab spring of libya a book. Its chapters discuss an array of countries, events, actors, and issues from an examination of the arab spring and the tunisian democratic transition, to an exploration of the role of. 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. Instead, that spring has given way to a winter of economic stagnation and political violence that has plunged syria, libya and yemen into bloody civil war, has led to widespread unrest in egypt, iraq and bahrain, and threatens to destabilize arab governments from morocco to saudi arabia. Of course, iran itself poses serious problems to the future of iraq as a viably sovereign, indivisible political entity. Iranian influence in the levant, egypt, iraq, and afghanistan. The roots and causes of the 2011 arab uprisings kamal eldin osman salih abstract. Saudi arabia and the arab spring ren rieger gulf research center context, the decisive factors are geographic proximity, the nature of the concerned states political system, and the quality of the particular regimes relations with the kingdom and iran. For years discussion of iran s nuclear program and how best to address the surrounding impasse focused on international relationschiefly, the extent to which the united states and the islamic republic could and should trust each other to reach a. The iranian government suppressed the protests and stopped the mass demonstrations in 2009, with only very minor flareups in 2010. If the regime succeeds in crossing the nuclear threshold, the implications for the united states and its allies could be profound.
Speculations on the political sequence of preislamism, islamism and postislamism. Arab spring simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kontraksi demokrasi kisah revolusi arab ini bermula dari seorang pemuda bernama mohamed bouazizi. Six years later, little remains of the hopes that the west saw in the arab spring. Yet the proponents of such a view are split over which iran it is that serves as the inspiration for events in tunisia, egypt, libya, and elsewhere. Iran and the arab spring tehran bureau frontline pbs. Apr 12, 2011 the ongoing peoples uprisings in the arab countries against autocratic rulers have provided iran with both challenges and opportunities in the middle east and beyond. In this landmark book, hamid dabashi argues that the revolutionary uprisings that have engulfed multiple countries and political climes from morocco to iran and from syria to yemen, were driven by a delayed defiance a point of rebellion against domestic tyranny and. Irans role in the arab spring of libya, by iakovos. The iransaudi arabia conflict and its impact on the. This article sets out to examine the geopolitical implications of the arab spring for iran. Joint training activities were carried out for the pflp in lebanons beqaa valley on the eve of the arab spring by hezbollah, overseen by iran, with a reported 4,000 highly trained pflp fighters hosted in a military base in qusayra, lebanon. The conflicting perspectives are not likely to be reconciled by pragmatic concerns. The role of information communication technologies in the.
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