CAN THE “ARAB SPRING” PRESENT A REAL THREAT TO EUROPE?
CAN THE “ARAB SPRING” PRESENT A REAL THREAT TO EUROPE?

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to summarize the roots of the “Arab spring” in North Africa as well as to give an overview of the events in order to offer possible answers to the question in the title, namely whether the “Arab spring” poses a real threat to Europe or not. Having its main focus on Tunisia, Libya and Egypt, three core countries of the subject, gives the best opportunity and probably the most suitable examples of showing the nature and the unique dynamics of the “Arab spring”: Tunisia as the starting point of the revolutions, and Libya and Egypt where the stable dictatorships that were thought to be everlasting collapsed in a relatively short time, eventually resulting in different outcomes. As a conclusion, the study offers not only its own findings, but also raises even more questions to be answered. The single act that was done by a “nameless” figure in a rural Tunisian town changed the history of the country, then by starting a domino effect, beginning to shape the whole region and the Arab World though the real outcome still remains a question.

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