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Arab Spring Implications for British Policy
140-the Arab Spring
Implications for
British Policy
October 2011Foreword 1 preface 2 introduction 3
Chapter 1: Regional Overview 4
Eugene Rogan (university of Oxford)
Chapter 2: Tunisia: the Trailblazer and the Benchmark 8
Michael J. Willis (university of Oxford)
Chapter 3: Egypt: transition to democracy 13
Tariq Ramadan (university of Oxford)
Chapter 4: Six lessons from Libya 16
Shashank Joshi (RUSI)
Chapter 5: Syria:revolution and repression 20
Marwa Daoudy (university of Oxford)
Chapter 6: Yemen’s youth revolution 24
Kate Nevens (Chatham House)
Chapter 7: Gulf States: the challenge of reform 28
Salman Shaikh (Brookings institute, Doha)
Chapter 8: Bahrain:unresolved divisions 32
Jane Kinninmont (Chatham House)
Chapter 9: Israel-Palestine: new pressures for peace 36
Daniel Levy (New America Foundation)
Chapter 10: Iran:domestic discontent and regional ambition 40
Ali Ansari (university of St. Andrews )
Chapter 11: Islamism: extremists or democrats? 44
Maha Azzam (Chatham House)
Chapter 12: Economy: the root of the uprising 49
Rodney Wilson (Durham university )
Chapter 13: Democratisation:uprising, violence and reform 53
Katerina Dalacoura (London school of economics)
Chapter 14: Britain and the Middle East from 9/11 to 2011 57
Rosemary Hollis (City University)
ContentsThe Conservative Middle East Council would like to thank
Paul Shea and Dr Magdy Ishak for their generous support of this project.
Conservative Middle East Council the Arab Spring: Implications for British Policy
1
Chapter One
Foreword
The Rt Hon Nicholas Soames MP, CMEC President
The Baroness Morris of Bolton, OBE, DL, CMEC Chairman
It gives us great pleasure to present CMEC’s first published briefing and policy paper: The Arab Spring: Implications for British
Policy. CMEC’s work in helping the Conservative parliamentary party understand the Middle East and shaping an intelligent policy response to the remarkable challenges


References: vi IMF Backs G-8 Plan for Supporting Middle East, North Africa”, IMF Survey Online, May 27, 2011 xxiii “Middle East and North Africa: Women in the Workforce”, World Bank, 2009 Robert B. Zoellick, “Citizen Empowerment, Governance Key for Middle East”, Press Release No:2011/407/EXC, April 6, 2011
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