Project on the Middle East and the Arab Spring
Project on the Middle East and the Arab Spring (POMEAS) arose in response to the upheavals that began in 2011 throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), as well as the subsequent developments of an unfolding regional process that mixed disappointments with opportunities. To take note of the initial promise and hopes, and to underline our continuing commitment to realize the democratic potential of the original movements against abusive authoritarian rule, we refer to this dynamic as the 'Arab Spring.'
Our intention is to initiate a forum that is open and accessible to people throughout the Middle East, as appropriate beyond. POMEAS aims to provide an open forum for reflecting and analyzing the various dimensions of the Arab Spring, both those embodying the whole range of revolutionary promises and those that embody and express a counter-revolutionary backlash. To carry out this project, we plan to sponsor research, hold conferences of invited experts, and have a publications program that includes scholarly monographs, policy briefs, and opinion editorials.We seek to have impacts on both the discourse of experts and the climate of public opinion.
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Address: İstanbul, Turkey
Our intention is to initiate a forum that is open and accessible to people throughout the Middle East, as appropriate beyond. POMEAS aims to provide an open forum for reflecting and analyzing the various dimensions of the Arab Spring, both those embodying the whole range of revolutionary promises and those that embody and express a counter-revolutionary backlash. To carry out this project, we plan to sponsor research, hold conferences of invited experts, and have a publications program that includes scholarly monographs, policy briefs, and opinion editorials.We seek to have impacts on both the discourse of experts and the climate of public opinion.
http://pomeas.org/Home/
Address: İstanbul, Turkey
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generated ambivalent attitutes and resentments among locals. Both government and public concerns regarding the Syrian crisis and refugees may increase sectarian volatility and deepen
pre-existing tensions due to the long and tortured history of Syria-Lebanon relations and increasing involvement of Hezbollah in Syria. One extreme risk might be the militarization of refugees. A strong government and regional/international support are vital for Lebanon to ensure stability in such a destabilizing situation.
years with the decadence of great power politics and the rise of new contenders. The multiple
crises of globalization are imminent on international system. These multiple crises entail a nearly
synchronistic eruption of the following international conundrums: 1) a global economic crisis that
consists of a financial crisis, global recession and unemployment; 2) a crisis of hegemony and
power that comes about with lack of leadership, multipolarity, a deluge within Western modernity
and the emergence of multiple, alternative modernities; 3) the crisis of civilization accompanied by
global climate change, energy scarcity, depleting food resources, and eroding global social justice
with skyrocketing rates of poverty, uneven and “uncompassionate” development, and inequality.
generated ambivalent attitutes and resentments among locals. Both government and public concerns regarding the Syrian crisis and refugees may increase sectarian volatility and deepen
pre-existing tensions due to the long and tortured history of Syria-Lebanon relations and increasing involvement of Hezbollah in Syria. One extreme risk might be the militarization of refugees. A strong government and regional/international support are vital for Lebanon to ensure stability in such a destabilizing situation.
years with the decadence of great power politics and the rise of new contenders. The multiple
crises of globalization are imminent on international system. These multiple crises entail a nearly
synchronistic eruption of the following international conundrums: 1) a global economic crisis that
consists of a financial crisis, global recession and unemployment; 2) a crisis of hegemony and
power that comes about with lack of leadership, multipolarity, a deluge within Western modernity
and the emergence of multiple, alternative modernities; 3) the crisis of civilization accompanied by
global climate change, energy scarcity, depleting food resources, and eroding global social justice
with skyrocketing rates of poverty, uneven and “uncompassionate” development, and inequality.