A discussion of how relevant political players in Arab countries among regimes, opposition movements, and external actors have adapted ten years after the onset of the Arab Spring.
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The Carnegie Middle East Program has worked for decades to understand tides of reform in the Arab world. While the uprisings of the Arab Spring have overwhelmingly failed to change Arab politics in a sustained manner, the questions of how Arab states govern and how Arab populations experience governance remain. Through our ongoing research, we seek to understand governance as multi-faceted and fundamental to the domestic and foreign policy of Arab states.
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