The Arab Spring did not bring democracy to the region, but it remains a beacon of hope for struggling Arabs.
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Larbi Sadiki is a scholar with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, based at Chiba University, Japan. He is a non-resident Senior Fellow at... the Middle East Council on Global Affairs; and a Fellow at the Toda Peace Institute, Japan. He is also editor of the series, Routledge Studies in Middle East Democratization and Government. His most recent co-authored book, Revolution and Democracy in Tunisia: A Century for Protestscapes, is published by Oxford University Press in 2024.
The Arab Spring did not bring democracy to the region, but it remains a beacon of hope for struggling Arabs.
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