Titre : | Revolutionary twists and turns in the Middle East |
Auteurs : | Rouzbeh Parsi |
Type de document : | Electronic document |
Editeur : | Paris : European Union Institute for Security Studies |
Langues: | Anglais |
Résumé : |
Keywords : Middle East; Islamic Revolution; Muslim Brotherhood; Iran; Egypt; Islamist politics; Abstract : Many are today both exhilarated and worried by the recent events in Egypt. They are haunted by memories of another promising revolution that many think went awry: the Iranian revolution of 1979. Banal as it may be it remains all too true that while the upheavals that succeed and are labelled as ‘revolutions’ aspire to righting wrongs and creating something radically new and different; they have often tended to literally end up where they started, coming full circle and replacing one dictatorship with another. This is, however, not a pre-destined outcome and the differences between Iran in 1979 and Egypt in 2011 are significant. So until the Egyptian political earthquake has settled down, there are good reasons to remain concerned, but not reasons that should have worried observers in 1979. .../... |
En ligne : | http://units.mil.intra/sites/UBDef-BUDef/Edocs/Articles/European%20Union/Institute%20of%20Security%20Studies/ISS%20Analysis/302169R.pdf |
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