ABSTRACT Fourteen years ago, an unexpected act of desperation by a Tunisian fruit vendor, Mohammed Bouazizi, ignited a wave of protests that rapidly spread across North Africa and the Middle East. Known as the Arab Spring, this historic series of uprisings dismantled seemingly immovable autocratic regimes and reshaped regional politics. What began in Tunisia soon … Leggi tutto Syria’s Tumultuous Decade: From the Arab Spring to the Fall of Assad