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Well-Being Before the Arab Spring: Objective vs. Subjective Measurements
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Blackwell Publishing Inc.
, 2017 , Article)
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The UAE's Disruptive Policy in Libya
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SETA Foundation
, 2020 , Article)
In the last decade, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has emerged as a leading counter-revolutionary force in the Middle East. Feeling the heat of change in the region, the small, oil-rich Gulf country adopted an aggressive ...
Yemen in the Context of Iran-Gulf Relations
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Gerlach Press
, 2018 , Book chapter)
During the Arab Spring issues and tensions in the Middle East which appeared to have been overcome resurfaced and worsened. Since its eruption in early 2011 in Yemen, Middle East traditional and emerging powers made strategic ...
The Persistence of Autocracy: Jordan, Morocco and the Gulf
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Taylor and Francis Group
, 2015 , Article)
Through the ebbs and flows of the Arab Spring, Arab monarchies have remained securely in place. In fact, for much of their history, the resilience of autocracy has been a key feature of the Arab monarchies' survival. While ...
The Way We See It: Poetic-Visual Reciprocity in Egyptian Street Art Since 2011
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Brill
, 2022 , Article)
This article traces the manifestations of the newly adapted artistic form of “calligraffiti,”
or the synthetic braiding of poetry and graffiti on what became known as the “walls of
protest” in post-2011 Egypt. This new ...
The effect of political risk and corporate governance on bank stability in the MENA region: Did the Arab Spring uprisings matter?
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Cogent OA
, 2023 , Article)
This study examines the impact of political risk and corporate governance mechanisms (CGM) on bank stability. The research problem was addressed using a sample of 954 bank-year observations from 14 Middle East and North ...
Social media and social change
(
Wiley-Blackwell
, 2016 , Article)
The growing impact of new media around the world has been the subject of study by scores of scientists in multidisciplinary fields. Satellite TV and the Internet have been viewed as instruments of social and political ...
Sanctions and the Socio-Economic Roots of Iran's Domestic Instability (2010-2020)
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Springer
, 2022 , Book chapter)
Since 2006 (if not before), sanctions imposed by the US and some other countries on Iran were aimed at depriving Tehran of financial sources allowing the country's leadership to buy the loyalty of its population. And, at ...
Libya's Arab spring: The long road from revolution to democracy
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SAGE
, 2012 , Article)
This article presents a critical account of Libya's incipient democratization, contextualizing it within the Arab Spring élan. This first line of inquiry is twofold: it critically assesses the meaning of democratization ...
Degeneration and the demos in North Africa: towards a ‘critical’ study of democratisation?
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Taylor & Francis
, 2023 , Article)
This article frames the problematic explored in the Special Issue, namely, the Maghreb and North Africa's ‘crisis of democratization.' Across cases, the crisis is multi-layered, involving first, counter-revolution since ...