Arab Spring Paved Way for Authoritarian Backlash, Says Rice Report
January 18, 2019
January 18, 2019
HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 18 -- Rice University issued the following news release:
A new report from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy finds that while the Arab Spring protests that began in late 2010 raised expectations for bridging the democratic gap throughout the Middle East and North Africa, the initial enthusiasm and limited subsequent progress gradually paved the way for an authoritarian backlash.
Meager openings in democratization were confronted wi . . .
A new report from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy finds that while the Arab Spring protests that began in late 2010 raised expectations for bridging the democratic gap throughout the Middle East and North Africa, the initial enthusiasm and limited subsequent progress gradually paved the way for an authoritarian backlash.
Meager openings in democratization were confronted wi . . .