Arab Spring
The Arab Spring is Not Over
Al Jazeera America
February 14, 2014
Jimmy Carter writes about the effect and results of his organization, the Carter Center, in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya.The Carter Center had been invited to witness the countries’ transition into democracy. So far Egypt has had the hardest time transitioning. The parliamentary elections had went well in 2012, but the elected president has been nullified. The de facto military rule has been stabilizing Egypt during these hard times. A new constitution is in processing in Tunisia and is going well. The Carter Center is optimistic for Tunisia because there has been minimal military and foreign interference. Libya is still on the fence. They are having elections this month on people to draft a new constitution. But Libya’s interim government is weak and will most likely not last to the end of the year like it needs to. There is no absolute location because this is occurring in the whole countries, not one or two specific cities. I believe that since these countries are making an effort to reach out and get outside help, they are taking a big step in the right direction. Having the Carter Center oversee the process to democracy will ensure that they are doing this right. America has succeeded in democracy for a really long time, so who better to help other countries into democracy than a former president? I think that Egypt needs to decide on a new president that won’t put religion into his or
the pressure while many still struggle to maintain stability through all the turmoil. So far, the rulers of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen have been forced from power, while civil uprisings and major protests continue pressure the remainder of the Arab World. After over a year of this revolutionary wave that swept the Middle East, social scientists begin to analyze the causes for the fall or survival of particular states. Essentially, the question is why certain regimes failed while others did not…
Year. Governments and public dialogues the world over were changing rapidly as demonstrators made their voices heard. What started in Tunisia with a fruit vendors self-immolation became a world-wide phenomena of outrage at the status quo. The Arab Spring led to the ouster of dictators, protests against austerity in Europe during the financial crisis changed the way that Europeans thought about their government. In the United States, Occupy Wall Street led to a shift in both public and legislative…
and Egypt and how they helped foster grassroots movements in many different Arab nations. Just as in a article I had read, that in the book Philip Howard, Howard believed that digital media was one of the most important and necessary conditions for the Arab Spring movements. He stated the reason why the media made a difference because its effect to change the way a lot of people think about their options. The Arab Spring movements, had a public of persons of a younger age, so it was easier to make…
opposed to the international articles such as Al Jazeera and The Guardian who were much more indirect in their view and hinted at not intervention by their objection to counterarguments. The Washington Post and Chicago Tribune tended to use some similar language and reasoning to develop their argument such as an appeal to pathos and direct statements to complement their stance as pro- intervention. Both American and International sources covered their intervention articles in a similar fashion, but…
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI Spring 2013 INS 352/JUS352 PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE MIDDLE EAST Instructors: Dr. Haim Shaked/Dr. Eugene Rothman Dr. Shaked Dr. Rothman Office Telephone: (305) 284-6882 (305) 284-8582 Office Fax: (305) 284-5274 (305) 284-5274 E-mail: hshaked@miami.edu erothman@miami.edu Day/Time: Tuesday, 05:00-7:40 P.M. (Section T) Location: The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic…
The Arab League: What Could Have Been But Never Was Introduction In an increasingly globalizing world, many problems that face humanity are of global concern and as such, require international co-operation in order to effectively combat issues such as terrorism and nuclear disarmament (Karns & Mingst. 2010). As a result, a rising need for global governance has emerged in the realm of international relations and policy as states search for ways in which they can manage their affairs (Karns & Mingst…
through LinkedIn, 26% through Facebook, and 15% through Twitter. One in six job-seekers credit social media for helping find their current job. 52% of job-seekers use Facebook for the job search, 38% use LinkedIn, and 34% use Twitter. In Andy Nathan article about "How Social Media Saved the Economy," she state that Social media sites have created a new industry and thousands of jobs in addition to providing new income and sales. A McKinsey Global Institute study projects that the communication and collaboration…
afford to place journalists in certain areas that may have no news content. This may then lead onto 'churnalism'; when news stories are produced by most popular news stations, I.e.- the BBC, SKY or ITV news. This could be following a common news article, such as a celebrity wedding, or a tragic death. We could gather from this that the news is a social construction – it picks what is popular and will gain money from audiences. Profit is a motive for news broadcasters, they want to choose stories…
interests.” What does this have to do with Saudi Arabia and their principal foreign policy problem? Saudi Arabia is now faced with being responsible for Syria. Their active sponsorship of the battles has helped in a new type of warfare for Syria. An article from the Foreign Policy Magazine briely explained Saudi Arabia’s role in Syria’s civil war. The author exclaimed, “Riyadh provided the rebels with 35 tons of weapons, though the kingdom failed to provide them with the better-quality arms the FSA's…
means acquiring new manners and behaviors. It is basically the usage of the knowledge which we get from higher education for the welfare of the society where we are living. Stephan Burwood, the famous philosopher, explained about it in his famous article " Imitation, Indwelling and the Embodied Self". According to Burwood "with the best university education we cannot separate out teaching x from doing x. And this is also true for learning x and doing x. What I mean by doing x is employing the knowledge"…
