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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: The Arab Spring and Arab Thaw -- Part I: Revolts and Counter Revolts in a Turbulent Region -- 1 New Discourse, Old Orientalism: A Critical Evaluation of the "Arab Spring for Women"? -- 2 What Makes Yemen's Spring Different? -- 3 Libya's Revolution: A Transformative Year -- 4 Revolution in Syria: The Struggle for Freedom in a Regional Battle -- 5 Egypt's Revolution: A Two-Year Journey -- Part II: Regional and Non-Regional Institutional Involvement, American Perspectives and Winners and Losers -- 6 The GCC Countries and the Arab Spring: Between Outreach, Patronage and Repression -- 7 The Arab League and the Arab Uprisings -- 8 The EU and the Arab Spring: Interests, Ideals or Irrelevance? -- 9 The Arab Spring and Arab Thaw: The Obama Administration's Response to a Region in Turmoil -- 10 The Unfinished Revolutions: Evaluating the Winners and Losers -- Index.

This edited volume offers an understanding of how the international community, as a collection of significant actors including major states and intergovernmental institutions, has responded to the important political and social development of the Arab Spring. Contributors analyze the response by international organizations (UN, EU, NATO), big powers (US, Russia, China, UK), regional powers (Turkey, Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia) and small powers (Kuwait, Qatar). The book thus makes a sound contribution to the existing literature on the Arab Spring in form of foreign policy analysis and provides an overview of the current shape and outlook of global politics. -- Publisher description.

The 'Arab Spring' triggered paradigmatic shifts but, despite these changes, much in the Euro-Mediterranean region remains the same. Utilising 'Logics of Action', an innovative theoretical framework designed to capture the complexity of political interaction in one of the fastest changing regions in the world, this book discusses developments in the region before and after the Arab Spring that can be characterised by a continuation of the norm. Offering a completely new perspective on the events of the 'Arab Spring' it identifies something that seems paradoxical at first sight; persistence in t.

An assessment of constitution-making, law, and revolution before and after the Arab Spring. Competing conceptualist approaches to the role of shari'a law in Arab constitutions are explored with a view to evaluating the consequences of different constitutional arrangements, and suggesting possibilities for reform.

Introduction : the lure of authoritarianism / Abdeslam M. Maghraoui -- Authoritarian trends -- Religious conservatism, religious extremism, and civil society in North Africa / Marina -- Ottaway -- Do political and economic grievances foster support for political Islam in the post-Arab Spring Maghrib? / Mark Tessler -- Demographic pressure, social demands, and instability in the Maghreb / Wai Mun Hong -- Shifting courses : the economies of the Maghreb after 2011/ Karen Pfeifer -- Geopolitical evolutions in North Africa after the Arab Spring / Pierre Razoux -- Jihadism in the post-Arab spring / Daveed Gartenstein-Ross -- Case studies -- Introduction to part II : case studies / Stephen J. King -- Elections before and after the Arab spring / Stephen J. King -- Tunisia triggers the Arab Spring / Stephen J. King -- Social and external origins of state collapse : the crisis of transition and strategies for political and institutional reconstruction in Libya / Ali Abdullatif Ahmida -- From authoritarian pluralism to centralized autocracy in Morocco / Abdeslam M. Maghraoui -- The politics of Mauritania's Arab uprising and aftermath / Matt Buehler and Mehdi Ayari -- Algeria : economic austerity, political stagnation, and the gathering storm / Azzedine Layachi -- Afterword / Hicham Alaoui.

Introduction : taking the Arab transitions seriously /Stéphane Lacroix and Jean-Pierre Filiu --Toward a 'democracy with democrats' in Tunisia : mutual accommodation between Islamic and secular activists /Alfred Stepan --Constituting constitutionalsim : lessons from the Arab world /Nathan Brown --Bullets beat ballots : the Arab uprisings and civil-military relations in Egypt /Omar Ashour --Militaries and democracies in the Middle East : too much and too little /Steven Cook --Modern Mamlouks and Arab counter-revolution /Jean-Pierre Filiu --Trashing transitions : the role of Arab media after the uprisings /Marc Lynch --Not ready for democracy : modernisation, pluralism and the Arab Spring /Tarek Masoud --International assistance to Arab Spring transitions /Zaid al-Ali --Confronting the dictatorial past in Tunisia : towards a political understanding of transitional justice /Kora Andrieu --With or without you? Transitional justice and political transitions in Morocco and Tunisia /Frédéric Vairel --Transitional justice in post-revolutionary Egypt /Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron.

This manuscript examines relations between China and the Middle East in historical context. It highlights some of the most important events that characterize the ties between China and the Middle East, and examines their relationship in key areas that include energy, trade, arms sales, culture and politics. The centre of China's relations with Israel is arms sales and advanced technology, while the core of Sino-Saudi relations is oil. Iran and China are tied with deep historical, civilizational, cultural and political relations, but China's current interests in Iran centre on oil. Relations between China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) centre on trade. The UAE serve as a primary hub for Chinese business corporations not only in the Gulf or the wider Middle East, but also in Africa and the world. China's relations with Algeria have been based on political co-ordination since the early days of the Algerian War of Independence and the early days of the People's Republic of China. China provided Algeria with political, diplomatic and military support to accomplish its national liberation from France. Since then, their partnership has developed. Finally, the book develops a tridimensional approach in which China's ties with Middle Eastern countries are viewed as an outcome of interaction between three actors in each situation. The book reaches the conclusion that China's national interests in the Middle East are only increasing, and it is anticipated that Sino-Middle Eastern relations and strategic partnerships will be enhanced in the near future, provided that China is not perceived as undermining the Arab Spring.

"Focused on three Egyptian revolutions - in 1919, 1952, and 2011 - this edited book argues that each of these revolutions is a milestone which represents a meaningful turning point in modern Egyptian history. Revolutions are typically characterized by a fundamental change in political and social infrastructures as well as in the establishment of new values and norms. However, it should be noted that this may not be entirely applicable when examining the context of the three Egyptian revolutions: the 1919 revolution failed to liberate Egypt from British colonial hegemony; the 1952 revolution failed to rework the country's social and economic systems and unify the Arab world; and the "Arab Spring" revolution of 2011 culminated in a chaotic economic and social catastrophe, thus failing to solve the young generation's crisis. Nevertheless, by revisiting and re-defining these revolutions through diverse theoretical frameworks, the book proposes that each of them played a significant role in shaping Egypt's political, social and cultural identity. This book is specifically of interest for students, historians and social scientists with a keen interest in Egyptian history and the Middle East, offering fresh perspectives and insights into these transformative moments in Egypt's history"--