The Arab spring of discontent: a collection from e-international relations

The Arab Spring of Discontent

a collection from e-International Relations

Created in November 2007 by students from the UK universities

of Oxford, Leicester and Aberystwyth, e-International Relations

(e-IR) is a hub of information and analysis on some of the key is￾sues in international politics.

As well as editorials contributed by students, leading academics

and policy-makers, the website contains essays, diverse

perspectives on global news, lecture podcasts, blogs written by

some of the world’s top professors and the very latest research

news from academia, politics and international development.

The pieces in this collection were published on e-International

Relations during the first half of 2011, as events unfolded.

Front page image by Jonathan Rashad

Edited by Alasdair McKay

Articles commissioned by

Stephen McGlinchey, Harry Booty and Adam Groves

Contents

4 Introductory notes

6 A Personal Perspective on the Tunisian Revolution

8 The Dictator is Dead,God Save the Dictator!

10 Tunisia: Was it a revolution?

12 The Egyptian People Demand the Fall of the Regime

14 The EU & the Arab world: living up to the EU’s normative expectations

18 Yemen & the ‘Arab Spring’: Moving Beyond the Tribal Order?

21 The Arab Uprisings: Opportunities and Challenges for Iran

23 Cultural Emancipation & Political Liberation: The Iranian Green

Movement

26 The Silence of Fear Shattered by the Voice of Protests in Iran

28 Why is Iran Championing Messianism to the Arab Masses?

34 The Persian Gulf Tinderbox

36 Libya: The First Stand or the Last Post for the Responsibility to Protect?

39 How to Save a Revolution

41 Did Diplomacy Succeed or Fail in Libya?

48 What If Libya’s Qaddafi Hangs On?

50 Three Ripples from the Arab Spring

52 Contributors