Arab Spring Hurricane

Abstract

The ideal of promoting democracy in the Arab region was for some time not immediately obvious, but the pressure of injustice and loss of hope motivated people to struggle for freedom. Implications for the armed forces, and the potential for using the armed forces against the people, differed from country to country depending on the political concepts in force and the ideology of the army itself. This paper will compare the reactions of the respective armies to political contestation in Egypt, Syria, and Libya. It will seek to demonstrate differing concepts regarding how an army should be used under such circumstances.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 22, 2012
Accession Number
ADA561630

Entities

People

  • Khaled Osman

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adolescents
  • Civil War
  • Democracy
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Internet
  • Law
  • Middle East
  • National Security
  • Political Movements
  • Revolutions
  • Social Media
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.