Rwanda / Yemen / Nicaragua / Saudi Arabia / Bahrain / Algeria / Tunisia / Mozambique / Iran / Kuwait / Libya / Egypt / Russia / Jordan / United States / Syria / China / Morocco / Israel / Lebanon / India / Islamic Republic of Iran / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Voting Result / Reorganization / Diplomatic Relations / /
Facility
U.S. Institute of Peace / Georgetown University / /
IndustryTerm
telecommunications infrastructure / state-controlled Internet / Official media / criminal networks / prewar political systems / chemical munitions / paramilitary criminal networks / informal networks / orgaformal sectarian-criminal networks / dense web / authoritarian networks / loose networks / /
NaturalFeature
Mediterranean coast / /
Organization
UN Human Rights Commission / The Johns Hopkins University / National Defense Forces / Ba’ath Party / Hizballah / UN Security Council / al-Qaeda / United Nations / National Endowment for Democracy / U.S. Institute of Peace / Center for Applied Research / Georgetown University / Green Movement / /
Person
Bashar al-Assad / Authoritarianism Steven Heydemann Steven Heydemann / Eva Bellin / Bashar alAssad / Abdullah Dardari / Andrew Reynolds Nathan Brown Mieczys / Bridget Welsh / Tarek Masoud / Sumit Ganguly / Hassan Abbas / Jason Brownlee / Leonard Wantchekon / Islamist / Steven Levitsky / Marc F. Plattner Tracking / Erik Skaaning Pippa Norris / Steven Heydemann / /
PoliticalEvent
presidential election / /
Position
economist / military and security advisors / vice-president / adjunct professor of government / President / advisors / officer / deputy prime minister / economist and former deputy prime minister / /
PublishedMedium
Journal of Democracy / /
Region
western Syria / Middle East / Mediterranean coast / /
October 2013, Volume 24, Number 4 $[removed]Tracking the “Arab Spring” Jason Brownlee, Tarek Masoud, and Andrew Reynolds Nathan Brown Mieczys³aw Boduszyñski & Duncan Pickard