Arab Spring: A Comparative Analysis of Affected Countries and Outcomes

This report provides an overview of the Arab Spring movement, focusing on the countries that were most affected by the uprisings. It identifies key countries like Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen, which experienced significant political transitions. The report also examines the impact of the Arab Spring on countries such as Algeria, Iraq, and Kuwait. Furthermore, it highlights the role of social media and civil society in the success or failure of these movements. The report analyzes the varying responses of Arab dictators and the outcomes of the protests, providing a comparative analysis of the different regions and their political landscapes. The report also references various sources to support the analysis and findings.

Map of the Arabic speaking countries

 Arab spring movement spread across the Arab world in
the year 2011, is referred to the independent
democratic uprisings.
 In the end, of period February 2012 rulers had been
forced in power in the countries such as Tunisia,
Egypt, Libya and Yemen (Ghosh, 2016).
 The countries that were a part of Arab spring included
Algeria, Iraq, Kuwait and others.
Arab spring countries

 From the research, the major protests were found in
the countries like Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait,
Morocco, and Oman. Therefore, these countries were
affected badly or majorly by the movemen
(Moghadam, 2018).
 Countries that had a minor or less impact i.e. minor
protests occurred in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Sudan
and Western Sahara, Mauritania.
Countries affected by Arab Spring

 Some other countries were found successful, were
those who have strong civil society networks during
the Arab spring.
 Morocco has been one major example of the
successful country in this context. IT was successful
due to the fact that it was owned exclusively by
political elites (Davis, 2016).
 Thus, these specific countries had vital role in the
spring movement.

 Countries that had access to social
media were also successful, i.e. Tunisia
and Egypt.
 These countries were successful as they
became effective in mobilizing the
groups than others who have no control
over social media (Ghosh, 2016).

 A large number of differences has been
observed in respect to the responses of the
Arab dictators for the Arab spring
movement.
 In context to the given topic, millions of
people came together in the Arab world, to
discover their common yearning for dignity,
revolutions began after protests (Cammett,
2018).

 Cammett, M. (2018). The political economy of the
Arab uprisings. United Kingdom: Routledge.
 Davis, J. (2016). The Arab Spring and Arab thaw:
unfinished revolutions and the quest for
democracy. United Kingdom: Routledge.
 Ghosh, S. (2016). Political transition and bank
performance: how important was the Arab
Spring?. Journal of Comparative
Economics, 44(2), 372-382.
 Moghadam, V. M. (2018). Explaining divergent
outcomes of the Arab Spring: The significance of
gender and women’s mobilizations. Politics,
Groups, and Identities, 6(4), 666-681.
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