Europe should be prepared for an Arab Spring rerun
The pandemic is making a reboot of the Arab uprisings more likely. Europe should be prepared, argues Nikki Ikani. Dr Nikki Ikani is a Research Associate in “Learning and Intelligence Use in European Foreign Policy” at King’s College London. She works on a research project called INTEL which investigates the anticipation of foreign policy surprises in Europe. Support from the UK Economic and Social Research Council (Grant ES/R004331/1) is gratefully acknowledged. Ten years ago this week, the 26-year old Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire after he was humil...
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