FROM THE ARAB SPRING TO THE ISLAMIC STATE - RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT AND COMBATING TERRORISM – (I)
FROM THE ARAB SPRING TO THE ISLAMIC STATE - RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT AND COMBATING TERRORISM – (I)
Author(s): Iuliana-Simona Ţuţuianu, Nelu BÎRLASubject(s): Government/Political systems, Security and defense, Military policy, Studies in violence and power, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Centrul tehnic-editorial al armatei
Keywords: mindset; totalitarian states; al-Qaeda; civil war; armed conflict;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the present study is to faithfully and realistically capture the most significant security evolutions associated with the phenomena known as “Arab Spring” and “Islamic State”, which have generated significant political changes and new foreign policy orientations as far as the states in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are concerned. In the analysis, the authors apply an algorithm that includes numerous historical, political, cultural, economic, geopolitical and strategic determinants for the proper understanding of the Arab revolts, the mechanism that triggered them and helped their development, as well as of the “success” with which the extremist profiteers met, seizing the opportunity to exploit the confusion and the power vacuum generated by the popular uprising.
Journal: Romanian Military Thinking
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 44-64
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English
