POLI 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud, Hosni Mubarak
11 Oct 2018
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Introduction to poli 340 video: hassan nasrallah = hizbullah leader, abdel fattah el-sisi = egypt president, al-jazeera = arab satellite tv station. Araq = strong liquor: hamas: palestinian islamist group, muhammad bin salman: annoyed with canada. Isis/is/daesh = radical sunni jihadist group: bashar al-asad = syrian president, mahmoud abbas = president of palestinian authority, abdullah ii = king of jordan. Asad: regime uses increasing force against largely peaceful protests, New constitution adopted with broad support in january: high unemployment, low economic growth. Popular discontent at perceived corruption: technocratic government formed pending successful new parliamentary and presidential elections in october- november 2014. Local government elections may 2018: egypt: elections for parliament (november- january 2012) and president (may-june, see islamists do well, but ongoing power struggle with military. Constitution approved in referendum (december 2012): morsi overthrown by popular protests and military coup in july 2013.
