Rethinking the Arab Spring: uprisings, counterrevolution, chaos and global reverberations

Richard Falk

Third World Quarterly, 2016, vol. 37, issue 12, 2322-2334

Abstract: This article evaluates the aftermath of the Arab Spring through the dual optic of a regional phenomenon and a series of country narratives. These narratives are categorised by reference first to the secular states that found a path to stability after experiencing strong uprisings that drove rulers from power, second to the states in which the uprisings generated prolonged resistance and continuing acute instability, and third to the monarchies that neutralised the uprisings at their inception and restored stability. When other dimensions of conflict are taken into account, it seems likely that the Middle East will continue to experience chaos, intervention and counterrevolution for years to come, and possibly even a second cycle of uprisings directed at the evolving order.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2016.1218757

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