Contents

SIPRI Yearbook 2012

SIPRI Yearbook 2012

I. The first year of the Arab Spring

Chapter:
2. Armed conflict
Source:
SIPRI Yearbook 2012
Author(s):
Marie Allansson, Jonas Baumann, Samuel Taub, Lotta Themnér, Peter Wallensteen Uppsala Conflict Data Program, Marcus Nilsson, Camilla Schippa, Thomas Morgan Institute for Economics and Peace

The 2011 uprisings in the Arab world came as a surprise to most observers. While successive Arab Human Development Reports had identified lingering problems affecting the Arab regimes—including inequality, lack of economic development, low levels of participation in policy formation and the marginalization of women—few experts expected either the series of mass revolts that were carried out with such persistence and with such a global impact or the increasing use of violence to suppress them.1

Citation (MLA):
Allansson, Marie, Jonas Baumann, Samuel Taub, Lotta Themnér, Peter Wallensteen Uppsala Conflict Data Program, Marcus Nilsson, Camilla Schippa, and Thomas Morgan Institute for Economics and Peace. "2. Armed conflict." SIPRI Yearbook. SIPRI. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2016. Web. 16 Jun. 2025. <https://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780199650583/sipri-9780199650583-div1-12.xml>.
Citation (APA):
Allansson, M., Baumann, J., Taub, S., Themnér, L., Wallensteen Uppsala Conflict Data Program, P., Nilsson, M., Schippa, C., & Morgan Institute for Economics and Peace, T. (2016). 2. Armed conflict. In SIPRI, SIPRI Yearbook 2012: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 16 Jun. 2025, from https://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780199650583/sipri-9780199650583-div1-12.xml
Citation (Chicago):
Allansson, Marie, Jonas Baumann, Samuel Taub, Lotta Themnér, Peter Wallensteen Uppsala Conflict Data Program, Marcus Nilsson, Camilla Schippa, and Thomas Morgan Institute for Economics and Peace. "2. Armed conflict." In SIPRI Yearbook 2012: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security, SIPRI. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016). Retrieved 16 Jun. 2025, from https://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780199650583/sipri-9780199650583-div1-12.xml
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