Inflection EP12: From the US-engineered Arab Spring in 2011 to “Asia Spring” Today

This week we talk about the 2011 US-engineered Arab Spring and how it has slowly transformed into the “Asia Spring.”

*News:*

Mother Jones – Myanmar Opposition Leader: We Need More Help From Biden to Defeat the Military Junta:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/…

Wendy R. Sherman on Twitter discussing her conversation with Myanmar’s “National Unity Government’s” “Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zin Mar Aung:
https://mobile.twitter.com/DeputySecS…

National Endowment for Democracy – Zin Mar Aung, NED Fellow:
https://www.ned.org/fellows/ms-zin-ma…

National Endowment for Democracy – BURMA 2015: THE MAKE OR BREAK MOMENT FOR DEMOCRATIZATION:
https://www.ned.org/events/burma-2015…

National Endowment for Democracy – 2016 Annual Report (pages 39-40):
https://www.ned.org/wp-content/upload…

US State Department – 2012 International Women of Courage Award:
https://2009-2017.state.gov/s/gwi/iwo…

*Main Topic:*

Reuters – Obama, Gaddafi shake hands at G8 dinner (2009):
https://www.reuters.com/article/ozatp…

Ynet – Kerry meets Assad, hails ‘important moment of change’ (2009):
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7…

New York Times – U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings (2011):
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/wo…

Movements.org – Inaugural AYM Summit and Egypt’s Shabab April 6 Movement (2011):
http://web.archive.org/web/2011041023…

Wikileaks – APRIL 6 ACTIVIST ON HIS U.S. VISIT AND REGIME CHANGE IN EGYPT (2008):
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08…

New York Times – Who Really Brought Down Milosevic?:
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytim…
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytim…

Alliance of Youth Movements 2008 Summit:
http://web.archive.org/web/2011070104…