Regional Organizations and Internal conflicts: The Arab League and the Arab Spring

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raslan Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Arab Spring ◽  
Regional Organizations ◽  
Internal Conflicts ◽  
Arab League ◽  
The Arab Spring

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Qatar and dispute mediations: a critical investigation

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 535-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Nuruzzaman
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Arab Spring ◽  
Gulf Cooperation Council ◽  
Institutional Structure ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Gulf Region ◽  
Arab League ◽  
The Arab Spring ◽  
Critical Investigation

This paper investigates the role played by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in mediating disputes since its creation in 1981 to 2011, the year of the outbreak of the ‘Arab Spring’. It analyzes the contributions of the GCC as a conflict mediator by cross-checking this sub-regional group's institutional structure and policy approach, and presents two major findings. Firstly, the GCC was hardly designed as a conflict mediator, given that the Gulf Arab states created it as a vehicle to respond to intra-Gulf and external security threats and challenges. Secondly, in order to promote its foreign policy independence and boost its regional and global diplomatic profile to ensure its security and survival in the dangerous environment of the Gulf region, it is Qatar that has extensively attempted to mediate conflicts in Lebanon, Yemen and Sudan, with varying degrees of success, under the banners of the GCC and the Arab League. Finally, the paper presents a series of policy recommendations, based on critical insights from Qatari mediation experiences, to enable the GCC to be a proactive dispute mediator.

Assessing (In)security after the Arab Spring

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (04) ◽  
pp. 709-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Gledhill
Keyword(s):  
North Africa ◽  
Arab Spring ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Security Services ◽  
Internal Conflicts ◽  
Form Of Government ◽  
Collective Attention ◽  
The Arab Spring

More than two years after the heady days of protest and uprising that characterized the Arab Spring, the glow of revolution has given way to the intricacies and complications of regime building. Coalitions are being formed, constitutions written, judiciaries vetted, and security services (re)built. As collective attention focuses on these complexities of regime restructuring, it is worth noting that a fundamental security paradox sits at the heart of transitions in the Middle East and North Africa. On one hand, individuals who hit the streets or battlefields in support of revolution in 2011 did so in the belief that a new form of government would improve their political, social, and economic security over the long term. On the other hand, subsequent (and ongoing) efforts to draft new rules of the political game have triggered internal conflicts and, on occasion, those conflicts have compromised citizens' physical security over the short term.

scholarly journals The attitude of the Arab League from the Arab Spring Revolutions in North Africa.

2018 ◽  
Vol 225 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-91
Author(s):  
Instructor Faisal Shallal Al-Mehdawi
Keyword(s):  
North Africa ◽  
Arab Spring ◽  
Arab Region ◽  
The Third ◽  
Arab League ◽  
The Arab Spring ◽  
The Revolution

    Arab League position form a milestone of the revolution in the Arab region, especially in North Africa, was unsatisfying, blurred and hesitant in its direction to what is called variables (revolutions of the Arab Spring).  The paper is divided to four axes and the conclusions presented. the first axis deals with the Arab League's position on the revolution in Tunisia, e second axis is on the position of the Arab League in the revolution in Egypt occur, and the third axis is the Arab League's position on the revolution in Libya, finally, an analytical vision on the Arab League's position on the Arab revolution in North Africa is elaborated.

Introduction to a general reading of the Arab scene

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 493-510
Author(s):  
Ahmad Yousef Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Arab Spring ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
Future Scenarios ◽  
Arab Nationalism ◽  
Regional System ◽  
Arab League ◽  
The Arab Spring

This paper provides a reading of the current Arab scene with a view to understanding the reasons for its present frustrating and depressing decline. The establishment of the Arab League in 1945 embodied the birth of the modern Arab regional system. The rise of a period of pan-Arab nationalism saw numerous successes for the Arab system and possibilities for achieving Arab unity. However, this was followed by the defeat of the 1967 war, inter-Arab conflicts, the other setbacks for pan-Arabism and increasing foreign penetration, particularly by the United States, Israel, Turkey and Iran. This foreign interference, increasing terrorism and the rise of sectarian and ethnic divisions now threaten the integrity of the Arab system as well as the Arab identity. The Arab system and the Arab League are failing to tackle these threats effectively and the League has made decisions that have had serious repercussions for many critical Arab issues. The Arab Spring represented a hope for a renaissance of the Arab system, but in some cases it has worsened foreign penetration and caused further instability. This paper proposes that it is necessary to examine the features of the Arab scene in order to understand its predicament and reflect on the prospects for this decline to be exacerbated or contained. The conclusion looks at several possible future scenarios for the Arab scene.

scholarly journals Legitimation, regime survival, and shifting alliances in the Arab League: Explaining sanction politics during the Arab Spring

2020 ◽  
pp. 019251212093774 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Josepha Debre
Keyword(s):  
Arab Spring ◽  
Military Intervention ◽  
Majority Vote ◽  
Authoritarian Rule ◽  
Member States ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
Arab League ◽  
The Arab Spring ◽  
First Time ◽  
Domestic Reform

The Arab Spring marks a puzzling shift in the sanction politics of the Arab League: for the first time, the Arab League suspended member states for matters of internal affairs by majority vote. This article argues that survival politics can explain the changing sanction politics of the Arab League. To re-legitimize rule during this unprecedented moment, member states selectively supported some protest movements to signal their understanding of public demands for change without committing to domestic reform. Contrasting case studies of the Arab League’s suspension of Libya and Syria and its simultaneous support for military intervention against protestors in Bahrain illustrate how concerns for regime legitimation and a short-lived alliance between Saudi Arabia and Qatar contributed to the sanctioning decisions. The Arab League can thus be considered a case of negative democracy protection, where regional sanctions are employed to selectively preserve authoritarian rule.

scholarly journals Efforts of the Arab League in Resolving the Arab Spring Conflict in Libya and Syria in 2010-2012

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-66
Author(s):  
Al Dina Maulidya
Keyword(s):  
Arab Spring ◽  
Arab League ◽  
The Arab Spring

Abstrak Musim Semi Arab telah membawa semangat demokrasi di sejumlah negara Arab, seperti di Tunisia, Mesir, Libya, Suriah, Yaman, dan sebagainya. Musim Semi Arab di Libya dan Suriah telah menjadi awal dari konflik sipil yang membawa kesengsaraan. Kehadiran konflik ini membawa keprihatinan bagi dunia internasional, yang ditujukan kepada organisasi regional Timur Tengah, Liga Arab. Wajar bagi organisasi regional untuk berpartisipasi dalam menyelesaikan konflik negara anggota. Untuk alasan ini, penelitian ini akan mencari tahu apa yang telah dilakukan Liga Arab untuk menyelesaikan konflik. Studi ini akan setuju untuk melihat percobaan yang dilakukan oleh Liga Arab selama penyelesaian Musim Semi Arab di Libya dan Suriah pada 2010-2012. Musim Semi Arab, sekitar 2010-2012, terlepas dari konflik yang hanya mengandung konflik saudara dipertahankan. Studi ini menggunakan konsep resolusi konflik dengan melihat empat aspek yang harus disetujui oleh organisasi lokal untuk menyelesaikan konflik. Dari penelitian, diakui bahwa Liga Arab menerapkan keputusan Zona Larangan Penerbangan untuk Libya dengan bantuan PBB. Sementara itu, Liga Arab di Suriah mengambil tindakan tegas untuk membentuk penilaian pembekuan yang telah disetujui sejak awal 2011. Liga Arab dapat memenuhi empat aspek yang dibutuhkan, tetapi dalam prosesnya sesuai dengan apa yang membuat Liga Arab untuk memperbaiki masalah yang ada . Kata kunci: Musim Semi Arab, Libya, Suriah, Liga Arab, Resolusi Konflik.

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