Seminar: The Fate of the Arab Uprisings

DIIS, Danish Institute for International Studies

Main auditorium

Gl. Kalkbrænderi Vej 51A

2100 Copenhagen

Background

How do we explain the different developments that the Arab Spring countries have gone through since 2011? In his talk, professor Brumberg offers a comparative analysis of the dynamics of the revolts by exploring the internal mechanics of authoritarian rule in the Middle East and North Africa. By focusing on the "protection racket" systems that helped sustain authoritarianism in North Africa and the Middle East, Brumberg highlights how the distinct legacies of protection racket politics in Tunisia and Egypt structured very different trajectories of change and created distinct challenges when it came to reconfiguring political systems after the revolts. He also demonstrates how these trajectories of change have had profound consequences, both for the nature of rule in Arab states, and for their capacity to maintain internal and regional security.

Speakers

Daniel Brumberg, Associate Professor, Georgetown University

Rasmus Alenius Boserup, Senior Researcher, DIIS

Helle Malmvig, Senior Researcher, DIIS

Programme

13.00-14.00

Sandwich lunch for all participants

Please notice the morning seminarTruslen fra Islamisk Stat i regionen og i Europa(in Danish), which might be of interest to you. We will provide sandwich lunch for all participants between the two seminars.

14.00-14.10

Introduction

Rasmus Alenius Boserup, Senior researcher, DIIS

14.10-14.50

The Fate of the Arab Uprisings. From Protection Racket to Security Crisis

Daniel Brumberg, Associate professor, Georgetown University

14.50-15.00

Comments

Helle Malmvig, Senior researcher, DIIS

15.00-15.30

Q&A

Chair:Rasmus Alenius Boserup, Senior researcher, DIIS

Practical information

The seminar will be in English.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use our online registration form no later thanWednesday, 4 February 2015 at 12.00 noon.

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