Arab Revolutions and Geostrategic Balances and Interactions

The Unit for Political Studies

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Abstract

This paper analyzes the potential implications of Arab revolutions on regional and international geopolitics. It examines the impact of international geostrategic factors on the popular uprisings in the Arab world. This study is not concerned with the domestic causes and factors behind popular uprisings and revolutions in the Arab countries, nor does it tackle such issues as the structure of the Arab revolutions or the contribution of economics and media coverage to the outbreak of these uprisings. Instead, it refutes some of the unfounded claims and preconceptions pertaining to these revolutions by analyzing the regional and international geostrategic realities that prevailed prior to the outbreak of these popular revolts.

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