Tunisia Arab Spring

To better understand the motives and the impact of the United States’ actions to intervene in these intra-state conflicts during the Arab Spring, let us consider the situation of the countries of the MENA region before the implication of the American government. Moreover, to further comprehend why the United States choose to intervene in some conflicts like in the case of Libya instead of others such as Bahrain or Syria the aftereffects of some of them shall be examined. There were only a few who had predicted that Tunisia would start the Arab Spring. Therefore, Tunisia’s government, major media, and international actors around the world, including the United States, were very slow to respond to the uprising wave of protests in …show more content…
However, the importance and rapid spread of the revolts proved them otherwise. The United States noticed the protestors’ desire for a political change towards democracy hence why they felt it was their aim to support their freedom. Consequently, President Ben Ali ended his 23 years’ reign after the holding of successful elections won by center-right Enhalada Party. In addition to the rapid spread of the Tunisia revolution throughout the country, the revolts in Egypt confirmed what most did not expect: it was just the beginning. For the United States the idea of a potential Egyptian revolution was alarming because of Egypt’s crucial stability for the region. Therefore, the uncertainty of the potential threats form successor regimes was very concerning giving that President Hosni Mubarak has been an ally of the United States for many years. The United States aimed to maintain their special relationship in which they commonly opposed the Muslim Brotherhood and supported the undemocratic regime as long as it kept the Muslim Brothers at bay. Every year, more than a billion of dollar was given to Egypt for aid mostly military. However, as soon as the government’s public support for the Egyptian president was removed, Mubarak resigned and consequently ended his 30 …show more content…
foreign policy had to be adapted. The American government intended to renew and reshape the partnerships with governments in the region in the aim of forging a deeper connection to a new generation that is desperate for a new beginning. Nonetheless, these changes impacted the region in multiple ways (Monshipouri & Assareh, 2011). To begin, in Tunisia; the country that gave nascence to the Arab Spring, the American intervention engendered the end of President Bel Ali 23 years’ reign. They achieved this by holding successful elections won by center-right Enhalada Party. In the case of the Egyptian conflict, there was one very influential factor that certainly contributed to the final transfer of power: Senator McCain’s proposition of suspending the American military aid to Egypt (Monshipouri & Assareh, 2011). Shortly after this proposition , the Egyptian president agreed to transfer power but still refused to step-down. However, his refusal was short-lived as president Barack Obama stated that the protestors’ desire for democratic change were not fully satisfied with his decision. The statement of American president incited Mubarak to resign which he did. Therefore, the implication of the U.S. government in the conflict had a positive outcome in the region (Monshipouri & Assareh, 2011). One of Egypt not so far neighbor : Yemen, probably received the most quiet and supportive response of the U.S government. Nonetheless,