Originally published on YourMiddleEast By Musa al-Gharbi & ST McNeil We are seeing a new phase of the Arab Spring uprisings, where protesters target monarchs instead of dictators. The dynamics in the region are against the kings and emirs, write Musa al-Gharbi and ST McNeil in this analysis. Insofar as it is helpful or accurate to understand the “Arab Spring” as a meta-movement which began with the December 17, 2010 self-immolation of Mohammad Bouazizi, we can break it into a [...]

Categories: Africa North, Clips, Middle East, SISMEC • Tags: Amman, Arab kingdoms, Arab Spring, Jasmine Revolution, King Abudllah al-Thani, Manama, Rabat, regicide, Riyadh