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The protests that swept across the Middle East and North Africa in late 2010 and 2011 confounded long-time observers of the region, in both the media and academia. After addressing the conditions in the Middle East and North Africa that produced these attempts at revolution, Amin Saikal and Amitav Acharya explore the global impact of the protests, both in terms of their ideological influence on opposition groups and the prospects for democratic transition in a variety of authoritarian and semi-authoritarian governments. Examining states at the heart of the uprisings, such as Egypt, Tunisia and Libya in addition to other Middle Easter states, like Iran, as well the Asian states of China, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, this book concentrates upon 'democratization' as the central theme. Did the protests have a galvanizing effect of democratization processes throughout Asia? And if not, why? Touching on perennial issues in politics - for example, democracy, authoritarian rule and social protest - this book is vital for researchers of politics and international relations.SommaireIntroductionDemocratizing the Neighbourhood – The Implications of the Arab Spring for the Middle East and AsiaAmin Saikal and Amitav AcharyaChapter 1Where Have All the Democratic Expectations Gone? Tunisia and Egypt in Comparative PerspectiveMohammad SelimChapter 2Managed Reforms and Deferred Democratic Rule in Morocco and AlgeriaKarima LaachirChapter 3Humanitarianism, Democracy and Intervention: Libya and the Responsibility to ProtectRamesh ThakurChapter 4Afghanistan and Iraq Between Democracy and Radical IslamAmin SaikalChapter 5The Arab Revolution Is Bad News for IranShahram AkbarzadehChapter 6Central Asia and the Arab Spring: Discourses of Relevance and Threat in the RegionKirill NourzhanovChapter 7Pakistan and the Arab UprisingsSamina YasmeenChapter 8China’s Responses to the Arab UprisingsBaogang HeChapter 9Democratization in Myanmar and the Arab UprisingsTrevor WilsonChapter 10Arab Uprisings’ Contagion: Electronic Vicariousness and Democratic Empathy in Malaysia and SingaporeAlan ChongChapter 11‘Look Over Here!’: Indonesian Responses to the Arab SpringGreg FealyVoir sur le site de l'éditeur