Middle East ‘revolutions’: Hopes and Fears
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This year’s uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa came out of the blue. Beginning with the ‘Jasmine revolution’ in Tunisia, and spreading to Egypt and Yemen, popular protests called for freedom and democracy, with further political drama...
This year’s uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa came out of the blue. Beginning with the ‘Jasmine revolution’ in Tunisia, and spreading to Egypt and Yemen, popular protests called for freedom and democracy, with further political drama following in Syria and Libya. While the success of the uprisings has been varied, the toppling of apparently stable regimes challenged many assumptions. So is this truly a new revolutionary moment and will the overthrow of authoritarian governments lead to democratic alternatives? Speakers include Dr Maha Azzam, associate fellow, Middle East and North Africa programme, Chatham House; Ghazi Gheblawi, author; blogger, Imitdad; former cultural editor, Libya Today, Dr George Lawson, lecturer in international relations, LSE; author, Negotiated Revolutions: the Czech Republic, South Africa and Chile, and Karl Sharro, architect; writer; Middle East commentator.
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imlovinit
Terrific debate, sadly Karl Sharro seems to be the only one really questioning Western intervention both military and political. You really get a sense of what the IR crowd are into which perhaps crudely put involves believing in your own state and not having much faith in people in the Middle East. I think Karl's point too re why now and the bankruptcy of these regimes is salutary.Celebrating leaderlessness & lack of vision is evidently disastrous.
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