Re-Thinking Western Policies in Light of the Arab Uprisings

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Re-Thinking Western Policies in Light of the Arab Uprisings
Original language description
The final outcome of the wave of anti-authoritarian protests in several countries of North Africa and the Middle East, which have come to be known as the Arab Spring, remains uncertain. The Arab Spring might turn into summer if popular demonstrations succeed in establishing democracy; or it can backtrack to winter, if counter-revolutionary forces resist change. Nonetheless, the Arab world will look quite dierent from what it was prior to the revolts. Accordingly, external actors, and particularly the USand the EU, have had, and will continue to have, to adjust. So far the West's response to the Arab Spring has been ambivalent. On the one hand, the West nds it hard not to sympathise with the demands of the 'Arab street': an end to authoritarian and arbitrary rule, popular representation, rule of law, social justice, an end to corruption. On the other hand, Western countries are wary of the potential outcome of revolutionary change in the Arab world, since it might evolve into a system
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Publication year
2012
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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