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ARAB COUNTRIES--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT --- DEMOCRATIZATION--ARAB COUNTRIES

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First came the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire following World War I; then, in the 1950s and '60s, the Nasser-inspired wave of Arab nationalism and socialism. The Arab world's third great political cataclysm of the past 100 years has also brought permanent changes, but not as its activists had hoped : the 2011 uprisings. Their consequences have differed greatly from area to area, splintering the Arab region into four different worlds, The Levant states have disintegrated, possibly irreversibly. The Gulf monarchies have embarked on far-reaching plans of economic and social change to stave off discontent. Egypt has retreated into military authoritarianism and a war on Islamists, threatening its future stability. Only the Maghreb countries, which have started integrating Islamists into their political systems, offer some hope for progress toward democracy. This book is an indispensable analysis of the profound upheavals that have shaken - and continue to transform - Arab and global politics.

ARAB SPRING, 2010 --- -ARAB COUNTRIES--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

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In 2011, a series of anti-government uprisings shook the Middle East and North Africa in what would become known as the Arab Spring. Few could predict that these convulsions, initially hailed in the West as a triumph of democracy, would give way to brutal civil war, the terrors of the Islamic State, and a global refugee crisis. But, as the author shows, the seeds of catastrophe had been sown long before. In this gripping account, he examines the myriad complex causes of the region's profound unraveling, tracing the ideological conflicts of the present to their origins in the United States invasion of Iraq in 2003 and beyond. From this investigation emerges a rare view into a land in upheaval through the eyes of six individuals - the matriarch of a dissident Egyptian family; a Libyan Air Force cadet with divided loyalties; a Kurdish physician from a prominent warrior clan; a Syrian university student caught in civil war; an Iraqi activist for women's rights; and an Iraqi day laborer-turned-ISIS fighter. A probing and insightful work of reportage, this book offers a penetrating portrait of the contemporary Arab world and brings the stunning realities of an unprecedented geopolitical tragedy into crystalline focus.

ARAB SPRING, 2010 --- -ARAB COUNTRIES--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT --- I.S. (ORGANIZATION) --- IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011

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In False Dawn, noted Middle East regional expert Steven Cook offers a sweeping narrative account of the past five years, moving from Turkey to Tunisia to Yemen to Iraq to Egypt and beyond, ultimately presenting a powerful theoretical analysis of why the Arab Spring failed.

Social change --- United States --- Middle East --- ARAB SPRING, 2010 --- -ARAB COUNTRIES--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT --- Arab Spring, 2010 --- -Printemps arabe (2010-....) --- Arab countries --- Pays arabes --- History --- Politics and government --- Histoire --- Politique et gouvernement --- United States of America

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Le groupe État islamique, inconnu il y a encore quelques mois, a fait une entrée fracassante et sanguinaire dans l’actualité internationale. Profitant des crises en chaîne qui secouent l’Irak et la Syrie, « Daech » a pris le contrôle d’une vaste région et dispose aujourd’hui de gigantesques ressources financières. Sa volonté de construire un État le distingue nettement d’Al-Qaïda. Rompant avec nombre de commentaires à chaud, l’historien Pierre-Jean Luizard, grand spécialiste de la région, essaie de comprendre les succès de l’État islamique, dans le contexte de déliquescence des États de la région, notamment l’Irak et la Syrie. Il met au jour des logiques moins visibles, locales autant que mondiales, sociales autant que religieuses, dont les racines remontent au début du siècle dernier, à l’époque où l’Europe dessinait les frontières actuelles du Moyen-Orient. Dans cet essai qui fait dialoguer l’actualité immédiate et la grande Histoire, l’auteur explique pourquoi nous sommes aujourd’hui tombés dans le « piège Daech »

IS (Organization) --- Middle East --- Moyen-Orient --- History --- Politics and government --- Histoire --- Politique et gouvernement --- World politics --- Terrorism --- Islamic fundamentalism --- Religious aspects --- Islam --- Arab countries --- History, Military --- Islamisme --- État islamique --- IslamismeÉtat islamiqueMoyen-OrientPolitique et gouvernement --- World politics - 21st century --- Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam --- Islamic fundamentalism - Arab countries --- Arab countries - History, Military - 21st century --- Arab countries - Politics and government - 21st century