| ID | 132150 |
| Title Proper | Year four |
| Other Title Information | the Arab Spring proved everyone wrong |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Totten, Michael J |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Shortly after the Arab Spring broke out at the tail end of 2010, two narratives took hold in the West. Optimists hailed a region-wide birth of democracy, as though the Middle East and North Africa were following the path blazed in Eastern Europe during the anti-communist revolutions of 1989. Pessimists fretted that the Arab world was following Iran's example in 1979 and replacing secular tyrants with even more repressive Islamist regimes. |
| `In' analytical Note | World Affairs US Vol. 177, No.2; Jul-Aug 2014: p.43-49 |
| Journal Source | World Affairs US Vol. 177, No.2; Jul-Aug 2014: p.43-49 |
| Key Words | Arab Spring ; Democracy ; Middle East ; North Africa ; Eastern Europe ; Arab World ; Muslim Brotherhood ; Radical Islam ; Mohamed Morsi ; Hosni Mubarak ; Egypt |