Arab Militaries in the Wake of the Arab Spring

With guest speaker Robert Springborg, Kuwait Program Visiting Professor at Sciences Po, PSIA-Sciences Po

 

Introduced and moderated by Stéphane Lacroix, Associate Professor at PSIA-Sciences Po

 

Arab upheavals and reactions to them have resulted in a profound militarization of the Arab world. Militaries that in the past were either parade ground forces, such as those in Tunisia or several GCC states, or which had through peace lost their raison d’etre, such as in Egypt, are now being reinvigorated not only to combat internal threats, but as possible expeditionary forces to confront “terror” and instability in neighboring countries. This growth of military power may in many if not all cases be at the expense of whatever civilian control, whether royal or commoner, now exists.

 

Professor Robert Springborg taught the course « The Middle East in the Global Economy » at PSIA during the Fall semester 2015, as the Kuwait Program Visiting Professor at Sciences Po, with the support of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS). He was previously Professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School and Visiting Professor at King’s College London, among many distinguished positions.

 

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