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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.

On television, the Arab Spring took place in Cairo, Tunis, and the city-states of the Persian Gulf. Yet the drama of 2010, and the decade of subsequent activism, extended beyond the cities—indeed, beyond Arabs. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman brings to light the sustained post–Arab Spring political movement of North Africa's Amazigh people. The Amazigh movement did not begin with the Arab Spring, but it has changed significantly since then. Amazigh Politics in the Wake of the Arab Spring details the increasingly material goals of Amazigh activism, as protest has shifted from the arena of ethnocultural recognition to that of legal and socioeconomic equality. Amazigh communities responded to the struggles for freedom around them by pressing territorial and constitutional claims while rejecting official discrimination and neglect. Arab activists, steeped in postcolonial nationalism and protective of their hegemonic position, largely refused their support, yet flailing regimes were forced to respond to sharpening Amazigh demands or else jeopardize their threadbare legitimacy. Today the Amazigh question looms larger than ever, as North African governments find they can no longer ignore the movement's interests

"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"--

From its inception in September 2011, the Occupy Wall Street movement has been linked to the revolutions and popular uprisings throughout North Africa and the Middle East that have gone under the name of the Arab Spring. This connection is reflected in the official OWS website, which declares: 'We are using the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic to achieve our ends and encourage the use of nonviolence to maximize the safety of all participants.' While the rich and complex set of popular struggles across North African and the Middle East cannot be reduced to a single 'tactic,' this acknowledgement of the Arab Spring as an inspiration for the Occupy movement represents my point of departure for considering OWS within current conversations about global solidarity. More specifically, the claims and practices of Occupy highlight an important distinction between the movement's self-understanding of being inspired by the Arab Spring versus the even more important question of how a U.S.-based movement can stand in solidarity with popular movements throughout North Africa and the Middle East, as well as the less publicized popular movements throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.

Uprisings in the Arab world : tyranny, anarchy, and (perhaps) democracy / Mark L. Haas and David W. Lesch -- Lessons from a small place : the dignity revolutions in Tunisia, North Africa, and the globe / Julia Clancy-Smith -- Revolution and counter-revolution in Egypt / Jeannie L. Sowers and Bruce K. Rutherford -- The Libyan spring : from dream to disillusionment / Karim Mezran and Laurentina Cizza -- Anatomy of an uprising : Bashar Al-Asad's fateful choices that launched a civil war / David W. Lesch -- How Saudi Arabia has dodged the Arab Spring / Steve A. Yetiv -- Jordan and the Arab Spring / Curtis R. Ryan -- Iraq and the Arab Spring : from protests to the rise of ISIS / Ibrahim Al-Marashi -- Non-Arab countries and the Arab Spring / Mark L. Haas and David W. Lesch -- Iran and the Arab uprisings / Narges Bajoghli and Arang Keshavarzian -- Turkey and the Arab spring : the rise and fall of democracy promotion in a revolutionary era / Mark L. Haas -- Israel's response to the Arab Spring : a perfect storm or an opportunity for change? / Ilan Peleg -- Russia and the Arab Spring / Robert O. Freedman -- US policy after the uprisings : alliances, democracy, and force / Jeremy Pressman -- Conclusion : the Arab world at the intersection of the national and transnational / James L. Gelvin.