"If the rest of autocratic regimes in the area do not want to deal with mass demonstrations such as Tunisia, have to start making concessions." So at least I think Eugene Rogan, who has gone through Madrid to present his book The Arabs. Ottoman Empire to the present. "I think other countries would be more difficult to overthrow the rulers of what has been Tunisia," he admits, "but anything is possible, because no one hoped would happen in this country.
He has been a tremendous impact to see fall so fast Ben Ali. " Professor of Contemporary Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford recognized the value of the revolt in Tunisia. "For the first time in the Arab world that we see people rising to overthrow a dictator with no organized party behind," he says, so "its significance is enormous." However, no commitment that extends to neighboring countries.
"Many people are looking to Tunisia as the first of many revolutions, but I do not think others will follow." In his view, the fundamental issue in this case has been that the military has refused to support the president and, while in the other countries of the region's armies are "closer" of the rulers.
The author of The Arab states also that both terrorism and self-immolation demonstrate the failure of States in the Arab world to provide the basics to the population, "The struggle of the Arabs is the struggle for the basics, education, health a good job to live with dignity in a good house, and raise a family ...
the kind of things we usually have guaranteed in Europe. " Thus, it emphasizes that one of the main problems in Tunis and other surrounding countries, is that young people can not find a home and are forced to live with their families. Rogan, who has attended a talk at the Arab House, explains that "the EU and U.S.
have contributed to the first century, the period of greatest tension in the contemporary Arab world." In this regard, remember that Ben Ali was considered by the West as a "good ally in the war against terrorism. Therefore, calls to U.S. and European governments to get involved to ensure that the regimes in the area allow freedom of expression, assembly, and release political prisoners.
"That is the challenge to Mubarak, Assad, Gaddafi and Bouteflika, among others," he says. "Can they make concessions and to provide more opportunities and freedoms to the people? I think it's possible."
He has been a tremendous impact to see fall so fast Ben Ali. " Professor of Contemporary Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford recognized the value of the revolt in Tunisia. "For the first time in the Arab world that we see people rising to overthrow a dictator with no organized party behind," he says, so "its significance is enormous." However, no commitment that extends to neighboring countries.
"Many people are looking to Tunisia as the first of many revolutions, but I do not think others will follow." In his view, the fundamental issue in this case has been that the military has refused to support the president and, while in the other countries of the region's armies are "closer" of the rulers.
The author of The Arab states also that both terrorism and self-immolation demonstrate the failure of States in the Arab world to provide the basics to the population, "The struggle of the Arabs is the struggle for the basics, education, health a good job to live with dignity in a good house, and raise a family ...
the kind of things we usually have guaranteed in Europe. " Thus, it emphasizes that one of the main problems in Tunis and other surrounding countries, is that young people can not find a home and are forced to live with their families. Rogan, who has attended a talk at the Arab House, explains that "the EU and U.S.
have contributed to the first century, the period of greatest tension in the contemporary Arab world." In this regard, remember that Ben Ali was considered by the West as a "good ally in the war against terrorism. Therefore, calls to U.S. and European governments to get involved to ensure that the regimes in the area allow freedom of expression, assembly, and release political prisoners.
"That is the challenge to Mubarak, Assad, Gaddafi and Bouteflika, among others," he says. "Can they make concessions and to provide more opportunities and freedoms to the people? I think it's possible."
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