Authoritarian ‘geopolitics’ of survival in the Arab Spring

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 322-336

  Aras, Bülent ^a   Falk, Richard ^b  

^a SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab Spring; authoritarian survival; geopolitics; Iran; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ARAB WORLD; AUTHORITARIANISM; GEOPOLITICS; POLITICAL CHANGE; POPULAR PROTEST; REGIONAL POLICY;

IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84928653700     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2015.1013307     Document Type: Article

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