Arab spring, IS and democracy

• Main Author: Akhmetova, Elmira
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Straits Times Press (NSTP) 2015
• Subjects: HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform; JQ Political institutions Asia; JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration; JX International law
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/45085/9/Scan_20151021.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/45085/

The emergence of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – ISIS - at the tail end of Arab Spring confirmed once again that the import of Western democracy to the Middle Eastern and North Africa (MENA) is not a cure to the deeply-rooted sociopolitical problems of that region. Numerous Musl...