The Arab Spring, Winter, and Back Again? (Re)Introducing the Dissent-Repression Nexus with a Twist

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes 1Regarding this first point, note that the list of scholars above does not include the conflict theorist Gene Sharp, who has been essentially pulled out and placed as the one individual that can reveal some insight into what has been taking place. We believe that this is a mistake because although there are some important insights to Sharp's work, it is only through considering this research alongside the Conflict-Repression Nexus that recent events truly become comprehensible. Indeed, we believe it is no more appropriate to isolate discussions of nonviolence from other forms of contention than it makes sense to isolate discussion of terrorism (for example, CitationTilly 2007) or civil war (for example, CitationCunningham and Lemke 2011). Quite the contrary, it is through the integration of distinct forms of conflict behavior that any one form is best understood. 2See, for example, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and US Department of State reports on countries in the region during the 1990s and 2000s. For academic work, see CitationAnderson (1987), CitationKhalili and Shwedler (2010), and CitationLust-Okar (2004, Citation2005). 3See, for example, Moore's post "The Coup Was the Revolution."