1. Arab armies: agents of change? Before and after 2011
- Author:
- Florence Gaub
- Publication Date:
- 03-2014
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- The Geneva Centre for Security Policy
- Abstract:
- In the wake of the Arab Spring, this Chaillot Paper examines the role played by the different national armies in the Arab world, and their long history of involvement in matters beyond the military realm. As this study shows, the Arab Spring has marked a watershed in how Arab military forces are perceived: one way or the other, they have once again become the political actors they were prior to the 1970s.
- Topic:
- Defense Policy, Politics, Military Affairs, and Arab Countries
- Political Geography:
- Middle East