Syrian Uprising

“Security forces opened fire, killing at least four protesters and within days, the protests grew into rallies that gathered thousands of people.” The killings of these four were ultimately regarded by many as the first deaths of the Syrian uprising.

The Syrian Civil War has had a profound effect of all Syrians as well as neighbouring countries and the international community. With more than 11 million homeless Syrians comes consequences beyond what most of the world population has ever experienced or anticipated. Of the displaced, almost 5 million are refugees outside Syria and around 6 million have been displaced inside Syria, with half of all displaced Syrians being children. The main causes of displacement amongst the population is the violence committed by all sides of the war, and which often targets civilians or centres of high civilian activity (such as markets, hospitals, schools, workplaces or high density residential areas). One main group heavily affected by the conflict

The Arab spring has generated much controversy as a result of demonstrating that countries that were apparently peaceful were actually determined to remove their governments and install a new ideology that would be compassionate with regard to its people. Some nations actually went as far as to put oppressors down and to bring reform throughout their countries. However, it rapidly became clear that peace was far away when considering that new leaders were unable to satisfy people's needs and that the masses wanted to be provided with more power.

This revolution caused many countries with authoritarian governments become less self-assured. Despite our inability to conclude definitively that this is going to be the start of yet another global democratic process – these events have shown us that the Arab world is not as obdurate towards democracy as we might have previously believed. In light of this information, we can see the importance of violence as a means of striving towards democracy. The violence in the case of the Arab revolts is seen as a positive stride towards capitalist development. This, in turn, will lead to a freer society by way of disbanding the authoritarian government which rules these

It is important to note that these two case studies share a number of similarities that are worth pointing about before emphasizing their distinctiveness. Firstly, both the uprisings in Tunisia as well as the Syrian conflict both belong to the arena of collective political action, that is rather than individual acts of political dissent. Secondly, they are employed by organized opposition movements representing an oppressed minority of the disempowered majority, engaged against the unjust action of the state and institutionalized violence they exert. Thirdly, each operate outside the bound of conventional political channels such that they are non-institutional. Arguably, the most important similar factor is that the both belong to the larger

The transformation of institutions can threaten the dethroning of a dictator’s grip over a nation, either leading to a brutal crackdown on citizens or the introduction of new inclusive policies. To dictators, citizens who are eager for change can be the death knell of an oppressive regime. For Tunisia, former president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, like many other rulers, eventually faced this threat. In 2011, the culmination of oppression and brutality led to the self-immolation of the young Tunisian street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi. This triggered a multitude of protests that spread not only throughout Tunisia, but among other nations which came to be known as the Arab Spring. Countries experienced the Arab Spring in several ways, some of which were positively transformative, others which were unfortunately not. This paper examines the institutional transformations that occurred in Tunisia in respects to why the change took place and how it has affected the country. Specifically, Ben Ali’s authoritative rule, what problems were associated with the transition, and the aftermath of the revolution.

methods provide the data, which is used to formulate theory; data is the foundation of a theory. Thus theory shapes the choices social researchers make in regard to choice of research methods (Gerschick).

As the current president of the European Parliament, you are a participating leader of the world's multipolar political system. As an assumption, you are highly aware of the current events stemming from Syria. The war In Syria is not showing any sign of resolution. There continues to be a substantial ongoing amount of people seeking refuge from what appears to be one of the biggest humanitarian crisis in history. There are many problems refugees face in escaping the crisis, as well as the shortcomings of the nations taking on a substantial amount of people with unparalleled cultures. As yourself and other state actors gather to address this issue, many are split in weather to take a realism, liberalism, constructivism, or Marxism stance

Since March of 2011, Syria’s government has been under the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. Throughout the country, there has been an intense conflict between the People of Syria and their government and as a result pro-democratic protests have emerged throughout the country as a way to end the reign and regime of the Assad Family who has been in power since 1971.

Despite its reputation for almost anarchism-like conditions, Syria is a complex country with an interesting history and government affairs.

There are war crimes being committed in Syria. The conflict started during 2011 Arab Spring protests. The country has been crippled by a brutal civil war ever since. The violence has reached terrifying proportions. According to local Syrian groups, as of February 2016, the conflict’s death toll topped 470,00 people, including more than 100,000 civilians.(The New York Times) Even the lowest estimates place the number in the hundred-thousands. About 7.6 million people are internally displaced, One in a five Syrian is now refugee. More than four million Syrians have fled their homes. Neighboring countries take in most refugees. (UCHR). Around 14000 children were killed. The Assad regime and the rebel groups were already investigated, and the Assad regime implicated in the use of chemical weapons of war by UN auditors.

Currently there is a tumultuous situation happening in Syria between President Bashar al-Assad regime and the Syrians citizens who are both on the verge of a civil war. As result of the conflict in Syria, President Obama, focus on maintaining order within international system which positively contribute to the United Stated domestic security. President Obama has been deliberating with cabinets members on how to approach Syria. The difficultly of the issue for President Obama on conflict Syria is deciding whether for the U.S. to intervening in bringing “order” within the tense situation on the grounds of Syria or allowing the order to come about itself between Syria President Bashar al-Assad regime and the Syrian citizens in not intervening. In judging how to approach the case of Syria President Obama should review the text of Thomas Hobbes to help guide him on how to act. Thomas Hobbes, who is regarded as one of the great political philosophical thinkers, capture the core essence of human beings within the structure of civil society. Hobbes also uses reason as an element of right behavior in constructing rules that maintains self-preservation, a central themes of Hobbes version of natural law. Hobbes version of natural law can be used as a compass for President Obama in understanding that both side, Syria President Bashar al-Aseed regime and the Syrian citizens, whether right or wrong have their own self-interest that can be satisfy through the rules of natural laws

President of the United States Barack Obama met with the Turkish Prime Minister to discuss about how to end up the civil war in Syria. Syrian civil was is an armed conflict, which started in March 2011 and developed into international demonstrations in April. The main conflict is held between non-formed rebels wanted to overthrow the power government Ba’ath Party and the resignation of the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, whose family rules the country since 1971. Ba’ath Party is neo-Ba’athism dominant government party that has ruled in Syria since 1963. All started as a civil and peaceful demonstrations against the president and government, but it turned into armed bloody conflicts as

The cruel reaction of the forces of security against peaceful protests, aimed at fighting for democratic reform and a stop to repression, instigated a violent response. The armed revolt to Bashar al-Assad regime spread across Syria, dragging the nation into civil war. The main roots of the Syrian conflict began as a response to the Arab Spring. Arab Springs refers to a succession of anti-government dissents in the Arab World motivated through Tunisian regime fall in 2011. However, the basis of the conflict in Syria included state violence against Middle's East most oppressive administration, anger due to unemployment, years of dictatorship

The Arab Spring was a series of pro-democracy protests and manifestations across the Middle East and North Africa, which started the winter of 2010 (BBC, 2014). Many people rose up, standing against the dictatorial and autocratic regimes that had ruled their home countries for many years. The goals of the Arab uprisings were clear (Walker & Tucker, 2011). The revolutions aimed to shift their countries to democratic nations with suitable political, social and economic reforms (Walker & Tucker, 2011). The consequences of the Arab Spring differed from one country to another. However, the Arab Spring’s general outcomes did not live up to the expectations of the revolutions. The consequences could be qualified as failures or temporarily pending. In this essay, I will address the consequences of the Arab Spring in Egypt and Syria, comparing and contrasting both countries both during and after the uprisings.