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  • America. (c2014) 
    Haboush, Natalie Takouhie Wissam (Lebanese American University, 2016-05-05)
    What explains American foreign policy in the Arab World? What does the US reaction to the Arab Spring tell us about Washington’s presumed determination to promote democracy in the Arab world? This thesis operationalizes ...
  • The Arab spring and democratization. (c2012) 
    Kashouh, Abir (Lebanese American University, 2013-09-03)
    For some time now scholars have debated the resilience of authoritarianism in the Middle East. Arab states used a mix of strategies to retain control, thus appearing to escape the “third wave of democratization” identified ...
  • Arab spring. (c2014) 
    Daabous, Salma (Lebanese American University, 2016-03-03)
    Events that followed the Arab Spring have demonstrated a contentious and often irreconcilable relationship between the secular and Islamist’s conceptualizations of Arab democracy. The type and form of the new regime have ...
  • Competing governing models in the Arab region. (c2012) 
    Saleh, Mohamad (Lebanese American University, 2013-03-04)
    The issue of the Arab Spring has become one of the main political issues at the regional and international levels. This thesis was motivated by a pursuit to gain a better understanding about the causes and the prospect ...
  • The European External Action Service reviewed. (c2013) 
    Pavoordt, Maarten van de (Lebanese American University, 2016-03-04)
    The Arab uprisings of 2011 and the consequent ousting of long-standing autocratic regimes in North Africa have forced the European Union to radically alter its relationship with its neighboring region. In effect, this ...
  • External dynamics of democratization and the Arab Spring. (c2013) 
    Harb, Ghina A. (Lebanese American University, 2013-08-22)
    The Arab uprisings have unleashed a wave of authoritarian regime breakdowns in a number of Arab states. Students of Arab politics are consequently examining how the Arab world fits with existing democratic transition ...
  • Pedagogy of the oppressed within the Arab Spring era. (c2015) 
    Kanaan, Hawraa (Lebanese American University, 2015-11-27)
    Like all great upheavals, the Arab spring was caused by various intertwined causes. In their analysis, academics focused mainly on the economic and political factors to explain the reasons behind the uprisings. However, ...
  • Prerequisites for a peaceful transition. (c2013) 
    Fayad, Khalil Ibrahim (Lebanese American University, 2013-08-22)
    The Arab Spring brought optimism about the prospect of democratization in the region. However, transition toward democracy was often violent, prompting concerns about the price of freedom. While Egypt and Tunisia underwent ...
  • Qatar's foreign policy between realism and idiosyncrasy. (c2014) 
    Mattar, Reine (Lebanese American University, 2015-02-10)
    Qatar‘s foreign policy has received increasing attention due to the small monarchy‘s huge resources, and the activism of its main decision-takers: Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa and Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem. Before the Arab Spring ...
  • The status of human rights in post-Arab Spring. (c2015) 
    Chaaban, Maram (Lebanese American University, 2015-09-30)
    This thesis examines the relationship between the global human rights regime and the post-Arab Spring constitutional transition, taking Egypt and Tunisia as a comparative case study. First, it assesses hypothetical claim ...
  • The survival of minorities in a turbulent environment. (c2012) 
    Abi Ali, Assem (Lebanese American University, 2013-08-22)
    This thesis examines Druze politics in relation to other sectarian groups, particularly Sunni and Shia in Lebanon and Syria. Politics of Druze in the occupied Golan Heights and within the Israeli political system is also ...
  • The Syrian conflict. (c2014) 
    Ortiz, Alexander (Lebanese American University, 2015-01-26)
    This thesis examines power relations in the security vacuum created by the Syrian conflict. The conflicting nature of Syrian domestic politics has created a political stalemate that needs outside support to be resolved. ...
  • US foreign policy in the Middle East. (c2015) 
    Tohme, Tracy Sahyoun (Lebanese American University, 2015-02-27)
    The Middle East region has long been an area of interest to the United States. In the last two decades, the United States' interventions in the Middle East and North Africa region have been associated with a claimed ...
  • Women in the Arab Spring. (c2015) 
    Kabbout, Lara Said (Lebanese American University, 2015-09-09)
    What are the root causes of gender inequality in the Arab region? Are corrupt and incompetent regimes responsible for the historic subjugation of Arab women? The Arab Spring appears to have presented an opportunity to end ...
  • Women spring. (c2013) 
    Alsulaimani, Dania F. (Lebanese American University, 2013-10-01)
    Despite major leaps in global economic integration, technological advancements, and modernization women status in Arab society is still subject to traditional cultural barriers. Surge in Saudi Arabian women joining ...

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