Social unrest in the Arab Region: then and now
In late 2010, Arab people went to the streets to protest social injustice, demanding dignity and freedom. Eight years later, the situation became worse than it was before the uprisings. This talk will critically examine the history of the Arab developmental model from post-colonialism until the present. With bumpy transitions in Egypt and Tunisia, wars in Yemen, Syria, and Libya, the talk attempts to answer whether it is feasible for Arab countries to have a safe exit out of the prolonged crisis in the region. The focus will rest on the socioeconomic underpinnings of the “Arab Spring.”
Guest Speaker：
Dr. Linda Matar
Dr. Linda Matar is a senior research fellow at the National University of Singapore. She teaches at NUS’s College of Alice and Peter Tan. Her research and teaching involve the political economy and economic development of the Arab Near East and Southeast Asia. She is the author of The Political Economy of Investment in Syria (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016). She recently co-edited a volume entitled, Syria from National Independence to Proxy War (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). She obtained her PhD in Economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies.
Time & Date：
11:00 -12:00, 26th April, Friday
Venue：
Room 555, Teaching B
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