Arab Spring 2: State of the Egyptian revolution The Bloomington Alternative 11, 2011, the Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) took control over the largest, and historically most influential, Arab country. Headed by the 76-year-old Field Marshal Tantawi, SCAF continued Mubarak’s non-democratic, in some cases … |
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| Middle East leaders reassure forum Arab Spring will bring democracy The National DAVOS, SWITZERLAND // Middle East political leaders sought to reassure global decision-makers at the World Economic Forum in Davos that democratic, moderate governments will emerge in the region once the turmoil of the “Arab Spring” is over. |
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| Kuwait Elex: Arab Spring tea leaves New York Post A year into the Arab Spring, the forces that provoked revolutions across the Middle East are competing for power in a country not directly affected by the upheavals. The fight, on miniature scale, concerns around 400000 voters in Kuwait, the oil-rich … |
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| Scrutinizing the Arab Spring from Rotterdam at Power Cut The Daily Star Stepping back somewhat from the Arab Spring, Leccas and Bank have also curated “Shifting Shores,” a two-program selection devoted to recent video art from the Arab world. The programs feature new work by Lebanon’s Roy Samaha (“Transparent Evil”),… |
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| Missing the Arab Awakening The American Prospect On January 25, Egyptians marked the one-year anniversary of their revolution with another massive demonstration in Tahrir Square, the epicenter of what has become known variously as the Arab Spring, the Arab Awakening, or the Arab Uprising. |
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| AP Interview: UN trade chief urges leaders to focus much more on reducing … Washington Post Supachai Panitchpakdi pointed to protests around the world from countries that launched the Arab Spring to the Occupy Wall Street movement in the US that demonstrate the growing disparity between frustrated unemployed young people who have no voice and … |
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| The Political Consequences of a Drones-First Policy National Journal By Joshua Foust, The Atlantic If you talk to any security or intelligence professional, they’ll tell you that the consequences of the Arab Spring — it turned one this week — have been devastating to US security interests in the region. |
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| Twitter faces censorship charges amid backlash – Twitter users call for a boycott Kuwait Times WASHINGTON: Twitter, championed as a tool of free expression during the Arab Spring, was facing censorship charges after announcing it can now block tweets on a country-by-country basis if legally required to do so. San Francisco-based Twitter stressed … |
