Političke promene na Severu Afrike tokom 2019. godine: u susret novom Arapskom proleću?
Political Changes in North Africa during 2019: moving towards the new Arab Spring?

Summary/Abstract: Political situation in North Africa has suffered a complete transformation during 2019, and thus the previous year will be remembered in the political history of the region as the year when powerful individuals that ruled their countries for decades lost their power. The first part of this text provides a time frame and classification of events that occurred within the territories of five countries of the region (for the purpose of this text, Mauritania is also listed), varying from organized mass protests (in the case of Algeria, Egypt and Sudan), to change of power or attempts of overthrowing the leading elite (cases of Algeria, Egypt, Sudan, Tunisia and Mauritania). The second part of this paper points out common denominators that have led to such developments, and then provides potential scenarios for future development of political events within the countries of the said region. Having in mind that the „cradle“ of the Arab Spring, which gave birth to various political changes throughout the MENA region, is also party the topic of the following text, and remembering that protests are also currently shaking a number of Arab countries, contemporary political events in this part of the world should not be set aside and left in the shadow of some other, seeming more important developments, such as, for example, Turkish offensive on Syria or the dismantlement of the ISIS.

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