![]() ![]() ![]() The Arab Spring of 2011 is acknowledged as a turning point for the Arab world. Firstly by explaining the origins, drivers and impact of sectarianization in the region and then by focusing on Tunisia, the only successful democratic transition in the region triggered by the Arab Spring. The last part,' New Fault Lines & Legacies' will assess how MENA has been transformed by the Arab uprisings. By deconstructing these ‘revolutions’ this part aims to provides an insightful glimpse of their transformative potential. The second part, 'Unraveling the Uprisings,' focuses on the “Spring” itself by explaining the role of internal and external actors, and uncovering some underexplored dimensions. This issue therefore is divided in three parts: 'The Arab Spring in Perspective' provides an overview and some historical context of the Arab Uprisings to highlight its increasing complexity and interconnectedness in a globalizing world with various competing political groups. How did the Arab Spring change the Middle East? That is the main question on which this fourth issue of R/evolutions wants to zoom in. Keywords: Arab Spring, Islam, Orientalism, Occidentalism, terror. a geopolitical cataclysm of the whole Arab world. ![]() This paper aims to analyze some of the major changes produced in each country hit by the wave of revolutions, according to a double-ended, compelling perspective: West and Middle East, Orientalism and Occidentalism, between an „Arab Spring” and an „Arab destruction” i.e. ![]() In opposition to this current opinion, some leaders of MENA countries have raised ever since the prospect of the Arab World’s destruction as we know it. Western media and academics talked about the Arab Spring as a possible mean of democratization, according to the theory proposed by S.P. My paper at pages:58-74 The Wave of Change in MENA Between Arab Spring and Arab Destruction Abstract: The revolutions in MENA, started in 2011, meant not only the fall of some dictators (in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen) and the hope for a transition to democracy (Tunisia), but also civil wars (Libya, Yemen, Syria) and the rise of DAESH, a persistent threat to MENA’s and Europe’s political stability. ![]()
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