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The Arab Spring and the Involvement of external Actors in Democratization Processes

by Stefania Negri

pp. 221-227 Issue 4 (2,2) – July-December 2015 ISSN (online): 2539/2239 ISSN (print): 2389-8232 DOI: 10.17450/150214

Abstract

In 2011, more than two decades after the momentous events that swept across Eastern Europe, a massive popular revolution against authoritarian regimes, ignited by the protests erupted in Tunisia in December 2010, put down roots throughout the Middle East and North Africa – from Egypt, Libya, Algeria and Morocco to Syria, Yemen, Bahrain and Jordan – and brought democratization processes back under the spotlight of the international community.

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