The Arab Spring

Mark L. Haas is associate professor in the Political Science Department and the Graduate Center for Social and Public Policy at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. He is the author of The Clash of Ideologies and The Ideological Origins of Great Power Politics, 1789--1989, and coeditor of The Middle East and the United States (Westview Press). David W. Lesch is professor of Middle East history and chair of the History Department at Trinity University. Dr. Lesch is the author of several books, including Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad and The New Lion of Damascus, and coeditor of The Middle East and the United States (Westview Press).

Introduction Mark L. Haas and David W. Lesch PART I: SPRING IN THE ARAB WORLD 1 From Sidi Bou Zid to Sidi Bou Said: A Longue Duree Approach to the Tunisian Revolutions Julia Clancy-Smith 2 Egypt: The Origins and Concepts of the January 25th Uprising Bruce Rutherford 3 The Arab Spring: Libya's Second Revolution Mary-Jane Deeb 4 The Uprising that Wasn't Supposed to Happen: Syria and the Arab Spring David W. Lesch 5 Oil, Saudi Arabia, and the Spring That Has Not Come Steve A. Yetiv 6 Jordan and the Arab Spring Curtis Ryan PART II: THE REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT OF THE ARAB SPRING 7 The Gift and The Curse: Iran and the Arab Spring Reza Marashi and Trita Parsi 8 Turkey and the Arab Spring: Ideological Promotion in a Revolutionary Era Mark L. Haas 9 Israel and the Arab Spring: The Victory of Anxiety Ilan Peleg 10 Russia and the Arab Spring: A Preliminary Appraisal Robert O. Freedman 11 Same Old Story? Obama and the Arab Uprisings Jeremy Pressman 12 Conclusion: The Arab World at the Intersection of the National and Transnational James Gelvin