The authors consider the last decade events that have influenced the most countries of Arab East (the Arab Spring in early 2011 and Arab League meeting in March 2015) as the manifestation of contemporary processes transforming this region’s political landscape. They have analyzed the causes of Arab countries’ political regimes’ ill-preparedness for true liberalization and have criticized the concept of democracy crisis in Arab World. The authors also proposed the upgraded classification for authoritarian regimes in countries under study.
Keywords: Arab world; Islam politicization; Islamization policy; army as political actor; authoritarian regimes; liberal reforms; democracy crisis.
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