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table 1.3. Summary of findings
National
Group
Host
Country
Deterrents to
Voice before
2011
Quotidian Disruption during
the Arab Spring
US
Transnational
repression
(TR)
+
Conflict
transmission
(CT)
Nationwide revolution
rapidly disrupted TR and
CT.
Transnational
repression
+
Conflict
transmission
Slowly escalating revolution
gradually disrupted TR and
CT through 2014.
Factionalism, competition in
the anti-Assad opposition
revived CT by 2014.
Libyan
Britain
US
Syrian
Britain
Resource
Conversion to
Rebellion and
Relief
Geopolitical
Support by
(a) Host-Country
(b) Third Parties
(a) Strong
Sufficient
Full-spectrum
(b) Strong
(a) Moderate ➔
Weak
Sufficient ➔
Insufficient
(b) Moderate
(a) Weak
(b) Moderate
US
Yemeni
Britain
Conflict
transmission
Interventions
in the Arab
Spring
Revolutionary north-south
coalition-building
undermined CT.
Breakup of this coalition
revived CT.
Insufficient
(a) Weak
(b) Weak
Full-spectrum
➔ Muted
Constrained
➔ Muted
Selective
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