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The United States and the Arab Spring: The Dynamics of Political Engineering
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This article purports to examine the role of the United States in the outbreak of the Arab Spring and the course of its subsequent paths. The main argument of this article is that the Arab Spring represented a major strategic surprise to the United States. It did not plan or facilitate the Arab Spring as the Tunisian, Egyptian, Yemeni and Bahraini regimes were performing to the best satisfaction of American interests in the Arab world. As the Arab Spring carried with it threats to American regional interests, the United States moved to secure its interests by steering Arab uprisings towards courses of action which best suit these interests.
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The statement is available at: http://www.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressOffice.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=CF34DE54-D3B5-651D-C3EE-505C71941FF2 (accessed September 25, 2012).
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A leaked US diplomatic cable from November 2009 written by the US ambassador to Libya, Gene Cretz, described Mr Jibril as a man who helped pave the way for the privatization of Libya's economy and welcomed American companies. “With a PhD in strategic planning from the University of Pittsburgh, Jibril is a serious interlocutor who gets the US perspective,” ambassador Cretz wrote. “Head of Libyan ‘think tank’ outlines human development strategy,” Telegraph, January 31, 2011, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wikileaks-files/libya-wikileaks/8294558/HEAD-OF-LIBYAN-THINK-TANK-OUTLINES-HUMAN-DEVELOPMENT-STRATEGY.html (accessed October 5, 2012).
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