Why Middle East Studies Missed the Arab Spring The Myth of Authoritarian Stability uri icon

abstract

  • Middle East experts were as surprised as everyone else by the Arab revolts. Focused on explaining the stability of local autocracries in recent decades, they under-estimated the hidden forces driving change. As they wipe the egg off their faces, they need to reconsider long-held assumptions about the Arab world.

published proceedings

  • FOREIGN AFFAIRS

author list (cited authors)

  • Gause, F.

complete list of authors

  • Gause, F Gregory III

publication date

  • January 2011