Reforms by Protest!
Are recent events in the Middle East the beginning of the end of the regions preference for the old ways of doing things?
‘We are tired of authoritarian government,’ that seems to be the message coming from the Middle East. In a move that spells doom for totalitarian rule in the Middle East, old-entrenched authoritarian regimes have been booted out of power between January and February of 2011. It began with the ‘Jasmine’ Revolution in Tunisia when Tunisian strongman President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali was forced out of office after 23 years of authoritarian and repressive rule. Ben Ali resignation came on the 14th of January, after several failed attempts by his cabinet to placate demonstrators with promises of elections.
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Jasper Hafenstein
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