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Hassan, Oz (2015) Undermining the transatlantic democracy agenda? : the Arab Spring and Saudi Arabia's counteracting democracy strategy. Democratization, 22 (3). pp. 479-495. doi:10.1080/13510347.2014.981161 ISSN 1351-0347.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2014.981161
Abstract
Saudi Arabian foreign policy is often declared to be countering the possible democratic transitions of the Arab Spring. As such, Saudi Arabia has been cast as a “counter-revolutionary” force in the Middle East and North Africa. This article explores the extent to which this has been the case in Egypt and Bahrain, and the extent to which Saudi foreign policy has challenged United States and European Union democracy promotion efforts in those countries. The article highlights how the transatlantic democracy promotion strategy is complicated by a conflict of interests problem, which leads them to promote democracy on an ad hoc and incremental basis. As a result, their efforts and larger strategic thinking are undermined by Saudi Arabia in Egypt. However, in Bahrain, transatlantic democracy promotion is itself muted by the strategic interest in containing Iran. As a result, Saudi Arabia can be seen as a regional countervailing power but this is implicitly in line with transatlantic policy. Tensions with Saudi foreign policy in Bahrain are over how best to manage the uprisings and maintain the status quo, rather than a conflict over political transition.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JC Political theory | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Democratization, Arab Spring, 2010- | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Democratization | ||||||||
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1351-0347 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 24 March 2015 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 22 | ||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||
Number of Pages: | 17 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 479-495 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/13510347.2014.981161 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 21 March 2016 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 22 March 2016 | ||||||||
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