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|  | | Geopolitics of Energy - July 2011 | What Really Springs in the Arab World?
(Of the Arab Spring and Oil)
It has been more than seven months since street vendor Mohammed Bouazizi set himself alight in a Tunisian town square, his suicide a protest against a heavy-handed policewoman who had confiscated his vegetable cart. That isolated event was a catalyst for the dissent, uprisings, revolutions, and civil war that are ongoing today throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Geopolitics of Energy Editorial Board member Anis Bajrektarevic has been watching events closely. In this month?s issue, Dr. Bajrektarevic offers his observations on the nature of these uprisings: are they the mark of a budding democratic movement in a part of the world dominated ? almost without exception ? by repressive regimes? If this is indeed the case, why then have the protests spread to some nations in the region and not to others? Also considered is the larger geopolitical context ? with so much of the world dependent on the continued free flow of the region?s oil, what are the concerns today of leaders in Washington, Moscow, Tehran, Tokyo, and Beijing? | | | Autor | | Prof. Dr. Anis Bajrektarevic | | | | Artikel | | Fachbereich | | Fachrichtung | | 2012 | | Volkswirtschaftslehre | | Volkswirtschaftspolitik |
| | | | Schlagwörter | | Arabia, Energy, Geopolitics, Oil, Revolution |
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