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This timely project on the Arab Spring was initiated to provide The Asan Institute´s own assessment of the changes currently taking place in the region and their significant implications for South Korea.

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Preface; Hahm Chaibong Introduction; Clement Henry, Jang Ji-Hyang and Robert P. Parks 1. Domestic Political Transition and Regional Spillover PART I 2. Early Adopters and Neighborhood Effects; Lisa Anderson 3. A Modest Transformation: Political Change in the Arab World after the ´Arab Spring´; Eva Bellin PART II: ECONOMIC CORRELATES OF POLITICAL MOBILIZATION 4. Political Economies of Transition; Clement Henry 5. Social Networks and Civil Society PART III 6. New Actors of the Revolution and the Political Transition in Tunisia; Mohamed Kerrou 7. Algeria and the Arab Uprisings; Robert P. Parks 8. The Plurality of Politics in Post-Revolutionary Iran; Arang Keshavarzian 9. Varieties of Political Islam PART IV 10. The Evolution of Islamist Movements; Fawaz Gerges 11. Islamic Capital and Democratic Deepening; Jang Ji-Hyang 12. Is the Turkish Model Relevant for the Middle East?; Kemal Kirisci 13. Protracted Violence in Syria and Libya PART V 14. Libya after the Civil War: The Legacy of the Past and Economic Reconstruction; Diederik Vandewalle 15. Syria, the Arab Uprisings, and the Political Economy of Authoritarian Resilience; Bassam Haddad 16. Dilemmas of the United States PART VI 17. US Middle East Policy and the ´Arab Spring´; Michael C. Hudson 18. The Obama Administration´s Middle East Policy: Changing Priorities; Uzi Rabi Epilogue; Clement Henry, Jang Ji-Hyang and Peter Lee Appendix 2011 Asan Middle East Conference: Question and Answer Sections Index

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Professor at University of Texas at Austin

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