The Arab Counter-Revolution

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Toby Matthiesen, ‘The Arab Counter-Revolution: The Formation of a Regional Alliance to Undermine the Arab Spring’ in: Democracy and Autocracy: newsletter of the American Political Science Association’s Democracy and Autocracy section, 19(2/2021), 8-14.

Why did the Arab Spring fail? A large part of the answer lies in what I call the Arab Counter Revolution (ACR) — an effort taken by a coalition of states and Arab regional forces since the start of the Arab uprisings. In addition, regional politics became polarised between three main forces that sought to intervene across the region to strengthen their position.

 

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