Arab Uprisings: Towards Democracy?
Editor's Notes
Editor's Note | Spring 2011
A wave of change has been shaking the Arab Middle East led by Tunisia and Egypt, spreading to Libya, Bahrain, Yemen and Syria. We are witnessing what is apparently the emergence of “people power” in the Middle East. Whether it will be institutionalized in the form of democracy is yet to be seen. It may still be too early to come to the conclusion that people power will reign in the Middle East, but the pressure is on.
Commentaries
Mass uprisings on the Arab streets have become the vehicle for reform as the availability of...
The democratic uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East have been widely celebrated but in...
There has been strong concern about the direction of the current revolts in the Middle East. The...
The Arab world has been changed irreversibly by the popular uprisings that started in early 2011....
Articles
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