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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792045003321

Titolo

The Arab Spring, democracy and security : domestic and international ramifications / / edited by Efraim Inbar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-96717-2

0-203-53913-3

1-299-31987-4

1-135-96710-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Collana

BESA studies in international security

Altri autori (Persone)

InbarEfraim <1947->

Disciplina

909/.097492708312

Soggetti

Arab Spring, 2010-

Democratization - Arab countries - History - 21st century

Security, International

Arab countries Politics and government 21st century

Arab countries Strategic aspects

Arab countries Foreign relations Israel

Israel Foreign relations Arab countries

Arab countries Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations Arab countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Efraim Inbar -- Democratization processes in the Middle East and Israel / Gabriel Ben-Dor -- The emerging Middle East balance of power / Hillel Frisch -- The United States and the Arab Spring / Eytan Gilboa -- The Arab Spring and Palestinian apathy / Alexander Bligh -- The challenge of terrorism / Boaz Ganor -- The economic implications of the Arab Spring / Gil Feiler -- The Arab spring and Israel's domestic politics-foreign policy linkage / Shmuel Sandler -- The strategic implications for Israel / Efraim Inbar.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume analyzes the political, economic and strategic dimensions of the recent upheavals in the Middle East known as the Arab Spring.Mass demonstrations in many Arab states challenged the political



status quo and the existing political and cultural system in the region. While it is too early to offer a definitive analysis of the impact of the widespread discontent in the Arab world, the trajectory of the events indicates regime change in several states, containment of political unrest in most states, increase in Islamic tendencies, centrifugal tendencies in a number of political