Browsing CMI Open Research Archive by Subject "Arab Spring"
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Food securities and social conflict
(CMI Report R 2014:01, Research report, 2014-06-01)Following rising food prices violent ‘food riots’ took place in about 40 countries around the globe in 2007-2008. These developments have led to renewed interest among both scholars and policymakers in the role of food ... -
Hamas and the Arab Spring: Introduction
(Middle East Policy vol. 20 no. 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-08-01)The Arab Spring is a critical juncture for examining Hamas, a movement created in the context of a popular revolt (against Israeli occupation) similar to those that have reverberated throughout the Middle East. Since the ... -
Sexual violence and state violence against women in Egypt, 2011-2014
(CMI Insight 2014:7, Report, 2014-09-04)Egyptian women were crucial to the movement that overthrew Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in the 2011 revolution. However, both in the revolutionary and post-revolutionary period women have also become targets of sexual ... -
The Sudan Armed Forces and Prospects of Change
(CMI Insight 2016:3, Report, 2016-04-01)The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) has a long history of siding with civil protestors in times of national political crisis. In recent years, waves of popular protests, often called the Arab Spring, have affected political ...