Unrest
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The region is ripe for
unrest.
Social
unrest
has been building up in Iran for years, and certainly began well before the West became serious about imposing economic and financial sanctions.
And, even if social
unrest
does erupt, repression might succeed again.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will have to manage relations with firebrand Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and his followers, who can provoke
unrest
in southern Iraq if they feel under-served.
Yet most of the rest of Asia appears to be averting its eyes from the country’s ongoing and increasingly anarchic
unrest.
The roots of the current
unrest
extend back more than a decade, to former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s first electoral victory in 2001.
What is sparking so much
unrest
in a country usually depicted as daily growing more affluent?
The potential for mass protests and civil
unrest
is now hampering the government’s determination to create change.
The discontent fueled by these failures is a major potential cause of
unrest.
Shia
unrest
dates back to the Kingdom’s establishment in 1932, and violent confrontations with the Saudi state began with the Shia revolution in neighbouring Iran.
Environmental, demographic, and economic pressures aggravate water scarcity, and the resulting unemployment and insecurity fuels social unrest, political turmoil, and extremism.
Governments respond with increased subsidies on water and other resources, deepening the environmental challenges that exacerbate scarcity and lead to
unrest.
Otherwise, their water woes – along with internal
unrest
– will only worsen.
Both are threatened by Islamic extremism and growing
unrest.
Indeed, although protests began on December 29, 2010, and went so far as a wave of self-immolations in January 2011, the spark of revolution faded after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who was wise enough not to stifle
unrest
with force, made concessions – including, most importantly, an end to the 19-year state of emergency.
Indeed, despite endemic social unrest, a large majority of Greeks acknowledges the need for change and does not oppose it.
(Never mind that Chinese history lacks evidence of a clear, causal connection between unemployment and national unrest.)
Without growth, any austerity and reform will deliver only social
unrest
and the constant threat of a political backlash, without restoring debt sustainability.
But the new regime, facing continued unrest, eventually allowed multi-party democracy.
Despite global economic headwinds, China’s leaders will surely remain focused on maintaining and boosting growth, in order to lift more Chinese out of poverty and avert social unrest; they are also certain to continue monitoring the oil-rich Middle East.
Moreover, whereas in Egypt, historically a stable country, 18 days of chaos were enough to convince the military to restore order by ousting Mubarak, Bahrainis have greater experience with social
unrest
than Egyptians or Tunisians do.
Bahrain is the Kingdom’s most loyal ally in the region, and the Saudis fear that sectarian
unrest
could spread to the country’s eastern region, where a Shia-minority nurses long-held grievances.
When
unrest
erupted, Saudi Arabia reportedly dispatched military units to bolster Bahrain’s paltry armed forces.
Many people have died in the
unrest
Nkurunziza caused, giving him and other officials an incentive to withdraw from the ICC.
In Ukraine that means not only violent unrest, but economic decline and renewed repression.
Once Central Asia is stabilized and inoculated from Islamic unrest, China and Russia hope to invest their resources in other more important matters, such as the reconstruction of their economies.
The same kind of unrest, in which the countryside is pitted against the town, with both sides demanding more rights, could undermine the political order in China and other big emerging-market economies.
Moreover, the social
unrest
that often accompanies economic strife could cause countries to fragment into smaller units that fight one another over values or resources.
Iranian experts argue that, in considering the trade-off between internal
unrest
and external sanctions, the Iranian government must choose between domestic security and international security.
This knee-jerk reaction presumes that China’s current slowdown is but a prelude to more growth disappointments to come – a presumption that reflects widespread and longstanding fears of a broad array of disaster scenarios, ranging from social
unrest
and environmental catastrophes to housing bubbles and shadow-banking blow-ups.
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