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Arab Spring Neighbors
Spring or Fall
Hegemon This!
Emerging Actors
"US" and Friends
100
Consitutional reform was promised and delivered by this MENA nation, but they are still mad that their neighbor to the west.
What is Morocco?
100
This Arab Spring nation saw its President fall but spring back to run his own Museum about his time in office.
What is Yemen?
100
This Persian Gulf hegemon want-to-be serves as a channel to Hezbollah and Hamas – supporting both militarily, financially, and politically
What is Iran?
100
They must develop a more flexible approach in the wake of the Arab Spring
Who are the Millenials?
100
Leading from behind!
What is the Obama Doctrine?
200
This country's leader has repeatedly warned that fall of his regime will doom secularism, but his arab neighbors are divided on supporting him.
What is Syria?
200
His fall came as a surprise to many, but when the military released the safety net he was down for the count.
Who is Hosni Mubarak?
200
Some say this MENA nation which emphasizes transparency, accountability, separation of power and economic growth could be a political hegemon in the region
What is Turkey?
200
A group of rising powers—a group collectively called ______ —are making economic strides at home while consolidating their own democracies and expanding the rights of their citizens
What is IBSATI?
200
He said “I believe that we cannot stand back and let a dictator whose people have rejected him, kill his people indiscriminately. To do so would send a chilling signal to others.”
Who is David Cameron?
300
Though not a close neighbor of the Arab Spring, this country's foreign minister said what they are doing in the region is for "external threats" and their stance is based in respect for international law and that the weapons provided are not ones that could be used against protesters
What is Russia?
300
This government faces challenges stabilizing its economy. It must reassure businesses and investors, bring budget and current account deficits under control, shore up the country's financial system, bring down high unemployment, and reduce economic disparity before it can spring back.
What is Tunisia?
300
It will never be a hegemon in the eyes of its neighbors, but militarily it is one of the strongest kids on the block.
What is Israel?
300
They have extended their reach through energy and economic relationships with many nations in the MENA
Who are China and Russia?
300
With Iraq’s Sunni-Shiite tension to its east and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the western border, he likes to say his country is “Between Iraq and a hard place.”
Who is Abdullah II of Jordan
400
In all most all of the Arab Spring countries a doctinal move toward this sytem of governance was called for by the protesters.
What is Democracy?
400
Action in this Arab Spring country was seen by the UN not as an act of big-power bullying, or as part of an endless and ill-defined "war on terrorism“… but as a humanitarian action!
What is Lybia?
400
If desire and "information" were criteria then this Gulf nation, an applicant for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games would be a hegemon.
What is Qatar?
400
The Arab regimes were described as feudal and self-serving dictatorships that failed to invest in their people, resulting in economic stagnation by this emerging actor.
What is China?
400
Home to a Navy base this US ally is often seeking help from its neighbors
What is Bahrain?
500
The Sultan of this Arab Spring nation reshuffled the cabinet; declared benefits for the students of the Higher College of Technology; established an independent authority for consumer protection; created 50,000 government jobs; and granted "legislative and regulatory powers" to the parliament
What is Oman?
500
The Arab Spring came and went in this country despite its tribes entering the fray of pro-reform dissidence, and switching sides in support of societal demands for reform
What is Jordan?
500
When Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha founded this nation, little did he realize, it would fall short of hegemon status, be would be a keystone for the region.
What is Egypt?
500
This country's Pro-democracy opposition cheered events in Tunisia and egypt saying that the “Revolutionary train stopped in Cairo – next stop would be its own capital”.
What is Russia
500
He feared U.S. backing of a Jewish state would harm relations with the Muslim world, limit access to Middle Eastern oil, and destabilize the region
Who is Secretary of State George Marshall?