Author
Lutterbeck; Derek
Year
2011
Publisher
Ubiquity Press
Language
English
Pages
4
Last Update
04-Nov-2024
Keywords
security-studies-discipline ; International Relations ; Political Science ; Middle East Studies
Since late 2010 an unprecedented wave of popular uprisings calling for greater political freedoms, and in several countries even regime change, has swept across much of the Arab world. Following the Tunisian revolution in January 2011, which led to the toppling of the country’s long-standing autocrat, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, protest movements gained momentum in Egypt, where the country’s president for almost 30 years, Hosni Mubarak, stepped down after some three weeks of massive anti-regime demonstrations. In Libya, Colonel Muammar Qaddafi, who had ruled since 1967, was removed from power (and subsequently killed) after a six months -long civil war...
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