The Arab uprisings of 2011 are among those rare events that shake the world and capture our attention because they are largely unexpected and because their significance remains a mystery. Often we get used to everyday situations, and politics can become routine so that we conveniently forget that change is the only constant in global affairs. These revolts, which caught most world leaders off-guard, confirm this view. They became popularized in public debate as the “Arab Spring”, since many outsiders viewed them as refreshing change in a region where it was thought that time had frozen, and hierarchical societies were unchangeable. Continue reading “Exploring the Arab Spring with Regions & Cohesion Editors Harlan Koff and Carmen Maganda” →