Tunisia and the Arab Spring: Origins, Causes, and Consequences

Abstract

The origins and causes of the Arab Spring in Tunisia are steeped in the country's long, diverse, and paradoxical history of foreign influence, colonialism, independence, modernity, and plurality as well as the habitual oppression of religious and political expression amid a perpetually beleaguered economy. Nearly ten years after the revolutions began in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Tunisia has emerged as the sole democratic state of the Arab Spring. The thesis will explore US foreign policy toward the region before, during, and after the Arab Spring. The analysis will examine how or if the United States Government (USG) properly employed the instruments of national power to achieve national security and foreign policy objectives during the Arab Spring in the MENA.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1177794

Entities

People

  • Ryan M. Mcseveney

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antiterrorism
  • Civil Rights
  • Civil War
  • Congress
  • Counterterrorism
  • Department Of State
  • Families (Human)
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Freedom Of Speech
  • Governments
  • Human Rights
  • International Law
  • Labor Unions
  • Law
  • Middle East
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Movements
  • Societies
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.