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CATEGORIES:Lecture,Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Starting from Tunisia in December 2010\, a revolutionary shockw
 ave engulfed the Arabic-speaking countries of Africa and the Middle East. T
 he label Arab Spring initially reflected the belief that this was going to 
 be a relatively smooth democratic transition. However\, the upsurge eventua
 lly gave way to a counter-revolutionary backlash\, and the euphoria turned 
 into gloom. However\, the 2011 regional upheaval stemmed in fact from a dee
 p structural crisis and was therefore but the initial phase of a long-term 
 revolutionary process with many other phases to follow. The new regional up
 surge that started in Sudan in December 2018 and spread to Algeria\, Iraq\,
  and Lebanon in 2019 was indeed promptly called Second Arab Spring by the g
 lobal media. It has been stalled by the Covid-19 pandemic but there are sig
 ns of a revival in Sudan\, Lebanon and Iraq. This lecture will assess the r
 oots and dynamics of this regional process\, the differences between its in
 itial upsurge and the ongoing one\, and the main impediments that it faces.
  A panel discussion with Cornell faculty\, including Samia Henni\, Ziad Fah
 my\, Salah Hassan\, Fouad Makki will follow the lecture.  Please note that 
 this this is the new date and new online venue for this event\, orginally s
 cheduled for April 20\, 2020.  Registration required.
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SUMMARY:Gilbert Achcar\, "From One Arab Spring to Another:  A Regional Revo
 lutionary Process"
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URL:https://events.cornell.edu/event/gilbert_achcar_from_one_arab_spring_to
 _another_a_regional_revolutionary_process
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