The Effects Of Social Unrest On The Middle East And North Africa

Discuss the structural factors which contributed to the onset of the Arab Spring in 2011. Based on what you learned about the origins of revolutions in this class, was this wave of contention inevitable?

The United States economic system are affected by unemployment meaning that the government and the nation suffer. “Most of it has to do with the fact that the economy is still too weak to create enough jobs to draw people into the market” (Goyette). However, there is evidence that young people are leaving the “work labor force” because they are unable to find jobs (Goyette). In

Just as the sun began to rise – land appeared in the distance. The ship was bustling with students and faculty alike packing their bags and saying their final goodbyes. I sat on the top deck watching until the horn sounded for the last time and it finally dawned on me; time to go back to reality. I collected my belongings and was soon on a plane back to Minnesota.

Many things have occurred throughout history which have impacted the instability in the middle east. World War One, and all of the treaties, alliances, and declarations that came about due to that have affected todays time and the decisions the United States Military makes regarding the issues of the middle east. America has learned a lot from the past, and this has ultimately benefited them in the end. The United States is more able to make educated decisions now because of all the past occurrences.

Conflict in the Middle East has occurred for many centuries. It’s been between Muslims, Christians and even Jews. An example of their conflict is the believed claims on Jerusalem, one of the oldest cities in the world. Jews and Muslims both believe they have religious claims on Jerusalem. Jerusalem has been divided between Israel and Palestine for almost 70 years. Each religion, Islam and Judaism, recognize Jerusalem as a holy place. In the middle of the 20th century, Jewish settlers pushed Muslim Arabs out of their homes and recognized Jerusalem on their land. Most currently, on December 6th, the current president, Donald Trump, broke with previous United States foreign policy and proclaimed that the United States would distinguish Israel’s

The protests and revolutions of the Arab Spring resulted in political change with different outcomes in the nature of each political regime with regards to Tunisia and Egypt. Both countries shared similar political, social and cultural characteristics at the time of the uprisings. They both began as hegemonic and restrictive authoritarian regimes and followed classic patterns for democratization, such as enactment of a new constitution and holding of competitive elections. Likewise, they both occurred in an environment where there was a divide between islamist and secular parties (Szmolka pg2). Following the Arab Spring, Tunisia was able to transition to a democracy because it had an inclusive transition that allowed for the participation

The Arab uprising: The unfinished revolution of the new Middle East. Marc Lynch. New York: Public Affairs, 2012. 269 pp.

During the 19th century the Middle East found themselves with a problem of establishing an identity or nationalism. Through defensive developmentalism the Middle East had sought to counter the imperialistic approach of the West, yet still begin to modernize their land. The world was developing rapidly and the Middle East wanted to ensure that they did not fall behind. However, the approach backfired and the Middle East found themselves struggling to establish their own modern identity and falling victim to becoming more like the Europeans. Many new ideas and new movements developed through Middle Easterners, some wanted to modernize and began to fuse European and Arabic tradition, while others wanted to re-establish Islamic tradition. Most detrimental to these new ideas and movements was the emergence of the modern public sphere. The modern public sphere flowed into all aspects of these new movements and had many effects on the Middle East. In essence, this idea of modernization would combine with the imperialism of European thoughts, as well as components of the industrial revolution and would lay the foundation for the fusing of the Europeans with Islamic traditions.

War World I, otherwise known as the “Great War,” was a devastating ordeal for the people of the world, who faced the repercussions of the war. The war was started with ideas of nationalism, patriotic feelings, which can be unifying, however it can turn nations against each other as well. During the war, in the years of 1914-1918 and the years after it leading to the Second World War, the occupation of the regions in the Middle East and Eastern Europe were constantly switching between the native forces and that of foreign forces. In 1918, when Germany surrendered, the Treaty of Versailles was negotiated between Germany and the Allied Forces. The signing of the Treaty of Versailles was the start of a chain reaction that led all other opposing forces to negotiate their own treaties, one such treaty is the Sykes-Picot Agreement. The Sykes-Picot Agreement was a negotiated peace treaty between the countries of the Middle East and those in Europe. With the help of these treaties, the political boundaries of countries involved in the war are typically changed and are beneficial to the victors of the war. At the end of any war, there are always consequences that people are forced to face.

The real differences around the world today are not between Jews and Arabs; Protestants and Catholics; Muslims, Croats, and Serbs. The real differences are between those who embrace peace and those who would destroy it; between those who look to the future and those who cling to the past; between those who open their arms and those who are determined to clench their fists (William J. Clinton, 2013). Even though people who live in Palestine/Turkey/Syria area between1988 - 2013 have been in a state of war, peace will soon come. The Middle East is at constant war, peace will not come soon enough if rules don’t apply to self-government.

The Arab Spring has largely affected the politics in the Middle East. While Tunisia is arguably the only country that was able to find some sort of success from the uprisings, most of the other countries were not as lucky. Being such a microcosm, the middle east has become a place for larger players to fight for their interests through the use of proxies. A noteworthy example of this would be the civil war that is occurring in Syria.

Pilgrimage is no more! For hundreds, even thousands of years, pilgrims across the Middle East have been undertaking immensely costly and onerous journeys to reach holy sites, such as: Mecca, Medina, Damascus, among many others. Although, their reasons for the visit varied, they all shared a common underlying importance— to please God. This great tradition, which brought millions of Muslims spiritual elevation and honor by obeying Allah, does not exist anymore. Colonialism and modernity have taken their tolls on Islam, which left very little of its purest form untainted. The industrial capitalist agenda of the west sped up technological advancement, which subsequently warped the world into a smaller, more easily accessible place. No longer did a pilgrim must rely solely on his own feet, or that of a camel’s. While the Middle East became a smaller place, new ethnic, religious, and geographic borders were raised that, ever so rapidly generate logistical, religious, as well as, ethical issues which Islam must continually contend with. So, has true pilgrimage really been destroyed and simply replaced with a purely commercialized shell? Despite some of the arising negative aspects and challenges, I argue that spiritual pilgrimage persists to this day; it has merely adapted to the world’s increasing volatility.

In late 2010, a tidal wave of uprisings and protests in various parts of the Arab world emerged. It began with the Tunisian revolution when the martyr Mahmoud Bouazizi set fire to himself as a result of the deteriorating economic and social. This led to protests and demonstrations that ended with the fall of the ruling regime. In Tunisia which sparked the beginning of revolutions in many Arab countries, this is known as an Arab Spring. The question remains what are the real reasons that led to the Arab Spring and its effects? the causes of the Arabic spring May be varied, depending on the places, however the reasons can be a corruption in economic policies and demand social justice as the key motives and protests in the Arab world. This essay will discuss the most important reasons, and the effects of what is known as the Arab Spring.

For over a decade the United States has been entrenched in a war to resolve the political and cultural unrest in the Middle East. For many, the country of Turkey is the crucible of this region where the intersections of the main religious and cultural elements collide. Additionally, as a crossroads to Europe from Asia, Africa and the entire Middle East, Turkey remains an inherently important country due to its strategic geographic location. The pressures that are exerted on Turkey over the past century have led many within its borders to question its allegiances and the destiny of the country. Should it maintain the status quo based on the post-WWI political borders or should it pursue a return to times of the Ottoman Empire when it sat as the seat of power for what many would consider the Caliphate that presided over those lands at the time? As a strategic crossroads in many aspects, Turkey will remain important to United States policy in the region.

It shows that 80% of the population is unemployed. According to this report, women make up 55% out of this, while the remaining 25% are men. Only 20% work in government and private sectors. Despite the dimension of the problem, the government did nothing tangible to tackle the problem positively. In addition, the report presented in detail about youth exodus and risks involving death in the high seas, while they are seeking for jobs and better life in every corner of the world.