Pregledni članak
Received: 12 Dec 2013
Accepted: 01 Jan 1970
ARAB SPRING AND POSSIBILITIES FOR RESHAPING OF THE EXISTING BORDERS IN THE ARAB WORLD
Janković Slobodan (Istraživač-saradnik u Institutu za međunarodnu politiku i privredu, Beograd), anajovic@diplomacy.bg.ac.rs
Stabile borders are one of the bases of the political order emerged after the Second World War. Transition of the world order is characterized by transfer of sovereignty to local and supranational levels. Changes of the borders in the Arab world are already occurring as in Somalia and in Sudan. Prospect of further changes are taking shape in many countries as so called Arab spring, as unique name for different modes of the political changes in MENA region. This text presents briefs on 1) actual processes that may lead to border changes in the Arab world, 2) Context in which Arab spring is evolving, and the 3) reason behind the inception of the Arab spring.
Keywords: Arab world, borders, Arab spring, world order, wars