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I believe that the Arab Spring failed. Although there were successes such as overruling long running regimes and inching towards democracy, the initial goal was never reached. The whole movement started because of a protest against police brutality, and this has worsened in result of Arab Spring. The Middle East has only seen an increase in violence and bloodshed. The article even stated that in Egypt, "the interim military government imposed a state of emergency, removing any limits on police action and returning Egypt to a state of martial law." A protest opposing violence caused a major uprising of it.

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No, I think that what came after failed. I think that many of the revolutions were a success. I think that for the most part, the governments that came after failed. I think that democracy is a very fragile thing to try to instate, especially after such strict dictatorial regimes, and I think that was what failed in places like Tunisia, Liberia, and Egypt. That being said, I think that democracy is never a lost cause, and through time and trial and error, democracy can still take hold.

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In way yes the Arab Spring was a big success and was able to help Tunisia with taking down their dictator and establishing democracy. In other places such as Syria where they are currently still in a civil war and have a dictator, the Arab Spring did not do anything to help them.  Thousands of people have died fighting for what they believe in, and so far it has only proven to be effective in one place. So yes I do think that the Arab Spring was a success, but I also believe that is was not due to the ongoing events due to the Arab Spring.

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I think that the Arab Spring was a success. The immediate, main goal, of the Arab Spring was to overthrow longtime dictators, and that was achieved. It's wider goals-- democracy, human rights, economic growth etc. -- have yet to be achieved, but that it to be expected. Nothing can go perfectly; there are ups and downs to any journey. Especially one as hard as the one Arab Spring has.

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I think that the Arab Spring was a partial failure but mostly a success. The original goal was to get a new leader which was met. However even if this goal was not met or the leader be re-overthrown, the Arab spring changed things. For one it was the start of a revolution that started a whole movement. This movement over time, could change things for the better. Even in cases where the leader was changed but certain rights and laws remained in question, as long as people still fight for what they want then they can change those things. Also there is proof that the Arab Spring was not a failure in the way of peoples protests. As the article said, just a few years ago people wouldn't dare criticize their leaders as they are now. Thats the first step and now that they've taken it they can change their world, all thanks to the Arab Spring that laid the ground work for it.

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I wouldn't say that the Arab Spring was a failure. Looking at the outcome from a distant view some people might say it was a failure... but looking closely at the original idea of Arab Spring shows that they were able to get somewhere. From the article "Has the Arab Spring Failed," they describe the original plans for Arab Spring as "an enormous wave of optimism spread across the region amid predictions that democracy might finally take roots in the Middle East." The movements like removing a leader were able to be accomplished, but the more "human rights, rule of law, and economic growth" movements weren't achieved. In the end, I wouldn't say that it didn't benefit the people, but I wouldn't say that it work to its fullest potential.

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I think that the Arab Spring has failed. The reason why is because there goal has not been reached. also there were a-lot of negatives that came out of this like death. There is no way that a civil can try to fight a military and win. that is the problem. for example the Egyptians got the leader to retire and than Morsi was elected which all of the civilians liked him. but than the powerful military took over and there hope was destroyed. but that did not stop the people from fighting back. the military cracked down on these attacks with awful violence and that is when it went wrong. When the military took over a-lot of crucial people left. like Muhammed Abbas from the documentary that we watch and the reason why he left was it is to dangerous for people to live in Egypt and that it is a lost cause that they tried to fix.

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Has the Arab spring failed? - Sophie Bartram

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Has the Arab spring failed? - Sophie Bartram

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Yes, I believe that the Arab Spring failed. They failed although they removed dictators and reached some goals there were a lot of other broader goals that were not reached and actually pushed farther away. These include democracy, human rights, rule of law and economic growth. In addition, many problems strengthened including societal splits and economy while a lot of other problems and demands haven't even been addressed. Overall, I think the negatives outweigh the few positives and that not enough of their goals were reached.

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Timur Sahin. Has the Arab Spring Failed?

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Timur Sahin. Has the Arab Spring Failed?

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Yes, I do think that the Arab Spring failed. Although the Arab Spring did remove some dictatorial presidents, it did not live up to its goals. The goals of the Arab Spring include removing corruption out of politics, fighting for a better economic system, protesting against unemployment, et cetera. Countries like Tunisia and Syria both failed in fighting for a better economic system; they're economies struggled and actually somewhat continue to struggle today. Tunisia's unemployment rate hit an all-time high in the year of 2011 (year of Jasmine revolution) and then after, the rate climbed down but today it still remains at a concerning 15% unemployment rate. Of course, Syria's economy is not doing too well either because of the on-going civil war and protests. This is another issue that came about with the Arab Spring. The Arab Spring caused violence to spiral; for example, the civil war in Syria started out from peaceful protests. The civil war followed 2 months after the Arab Spring in Syria. The Arab Spring bringing rise to violence incited terrorism as a result of change. I think that in order to have a peaceful country, there needs to be democracy and the state needs to be secular. The Muslim Brotherhood wants the opposite for Egypt since it is an islamist organization. Overall, the Arab Spring failed because of its inability to reach and maintain its goals.

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Has the Arab Spring failed? - Jessica DiPietro  

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Has the Arab Spring failed? - Jessica DiPietro  

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Yes, I believe that it has failed. Though I can agree that the Arab Spring has achieved some goals and made some desired power changes, I don't believe that they really got justice.  Firstly, the people involved still don't have a say in the their Government. When Egypt had their first democratic election and elected Morsi it resulted in another President that acted as a dictator. Then, when Morsi had been removed from power, the military had (without a say from the people) stepped in. Secondly, the economy of these Arab countries have been deeply damaged. For example, there were "electricity outages grew, and gas became scarce." Thirdly, as a result of the damaged economy, and other factors, these countries then had a lot of refugees. These people had to flee their homes to reach safety in Europe. These trips to Europe usually cost a lot of money (which many people didn't have at that point), and they can be very risky. Lastly, many people have died during the protests. They tried to voice their opinions and make a difference, yet it resulted in many deaths and many people injured.

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Aver the course of the Arab Spring ordinary civilians protested for change, for better jobs, for security, for democracy. Some of these goals have been met but the vast majority has not. When the dictators stepped down, nobody was really prepared for the next step. Other revolutions that happened across Europe and the Americas happened over time allowing for solid ideologies and a proper groundwork for a country. However this did not happen and a solid government was not formed before the toppling of the dictators. Countries, such as Egypt rushed to vote and ended up electing another person with non secular dictator views. In addition to this divides between some groups have worsened such as the divide between Sunnis and Shiites in Syria. However most importantly some of their basic demands that the people have requested have not been met. Immediately after the removal of Mubarak the unemployment rates skyrocketed to 13% from around 9%. In addition the economy dropped from a growth rate of nearly 8 to a growth rate of -4 in one year. To this day the economy still has not recovered to its formal glory. One day Middle Eastern countries will enjoy a full non-corrupt democracy that is stable where jobs are easy to find and the streets are safe. But for now that is just dream. There has been improvements such as free speech and civilians do not live under constant oppression form the dictators running the country, but compared to the main overall goal of the Arab Spring, nothing too profound has changed

Sources for the Economy Statistics:
https://tradingeconomics.com/egypt/unemployment-rate
https://tradingeconomics.com/egypt/gdp-growth
Ziyad Ali

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The main goal of the Arab Spring was to elect a new leader who can change their country for the better, and remove them from hardship into a flourishing nation. So far, no country that is in the Arab Spring revolt has accomplished that. Egypt successfully elected one leader who some people believed would do good, but power got to his head, and in the end, the military had to step in. In Syria, Assad is still in power, which the people don't want, and making matters worse, terrorist groups are forming, and some are backing Assad in the Syrian Civil war. No country that has taken part in the Arab Spring has received what they wanted and who they deserve to lead them in the right direction and I can't see that turning around any time soon.

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I would say that the Arab Spring has been very disappointing, but it has done some good. The Arab Spring has resulted in the normalization of citizens criticizing their leaders. Before the Arab Spring, such a thing was unthinkable. But that is not to say that the Arab Spring has not had failures. In all three major countries in which the Arab Spring has taken place, violence continues, the government was overthrown by the same forces that supported the regime, or the recent, democratic government is on the brink of collapse. On top of that, while the protesters succeeded at their short-term goals, the long-term goals have become less achievable, due to weak economies and infrastructure or the presence of terrorist groups. In conclusion, while it normalized the people's criticism of their leaders, the Arab Spring seems to have done more harm to the region than good.

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Has the Arab Spring Failed?
It entirely depends on the country if the Arab Spring failed, but, on the whole, the Arab Spring had negative results and can be considered to have been a failure.. The Arab Spring was initiated to give the people more of a voice and more freedom. The people also wanted to get out of the regimes that have been in power more decades on end. In Egypt, the Arab Spring did fail in the long term aspect. The people backed by the military ousted President Hosni Mubarak but then was stuck with another military leader as President after the democratically elected Mohamed Morsi became President. In Tunisia, the Arab Spring was successful in ousting their dictator and now is a democracy, but they still have failed economic reform policies. In Syria, the people protested against President Bashar Al Assad for the torture of students who had put up anti-government graffiti. The Syrian Government used extreme force to put down protests. This led to a 4-way civil war between Assad; the Rebels; the Kurds; and ISIS. The civil war is still going on today.

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The goal of Arab Spring was to not only liberate the citizens from the regimes they were under, but to also improve their living conditions. Even though Arab Spring failed to accomplish the second one, I believe that with what Arab Spring had accomplished, it will inspire others to follow in the footsteps and hopefully lead their countries to a better place. Many citizens are becoming more careful about electing regimes into power as to not experience the hardships they and their parents had to face before.

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Whether or not you think the Arab Spring failed its influence on the Middle East cannot be denied. The revolution succeeded in toppling three dictators who ruled for as long as anyone in those countries could remember within a matter of months. The problem was that no one was prepared to handle the start of a new government. You need a ton of resources in order to fix the countries who need to start a new government. I believe that the Arab Spring is the starting point for a much more long term goal of improving the state of the Middle East in the future.

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Whether or not you think the Arab Spring failed in in its original goal or not the influence is has had on the middle East. The revolution was able to remove three dictators from office who had been ruling for as long as anyone could remember which is amazing. People say it failed because nobody was ready for what would come after, you need a lot of resources to start a new government.

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The goal of the Arab Spring is to input democracy, better human rights, economic freedom, employment...etc in various countries, to name a few, Egypt, Syria...etc. The goal the Arab Spring is trying to achieve would greatly benefit some of the countries as stated above. I feel that it really depends on a countries situation. For example, if that country is in the midst of a civil war like Syria, it may be difficult for the Arab Spring to succeed. In Egypt's situation I feel that it was mostly due to the fact that the elected leader Morsi, slowly became more islamic and would have forced sharia law. This lead to massive protests from both sides, and when the Egyptian military intervened many lives were taken. So all in all, I concur that the Arab Spring had good intentions but was not very functional or realistic in the countries it exists in.

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I feel that it depends where you look. In some/most countries it worked out great, but for countries like Egypt and Syria, it didn't. In countries like Tunisia, where the Arab Spring helped a lot, and took down dictator and democracy was established, then it was successful Bit if you look at countries like Syria, where there is an ongoing civil war, and thousands upon thousands of deaths that have come out of it, and the dictator is still in power, it is not successful. I feel like it was a very good movement that need to happen, especially in those countries with dictators, and it was successful for some, but not for all.