tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1042587494012331021.post1051691016993313157..comments2023-09-07T03:20:24.100-07:00Comments on Revolutions and Political Violence: Dangerous HashtagsMichael Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09669512353829041768noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1042587494012331021.post-28724231474421620762013-04-08T22:59:05.956-07:002013-04-08T22:59:05.956-07:00I agree that the difficulty in controlling cybersp...I agree that the difficulty in controlling cyberspace coupled with widespread internet access in Saudi cities would be one of the main reasons for an uprising against the Saudi government, if we were ever to see one.<br /><br />Today at the CWA panel on Identities in the Arab Spring, Janet Breslin-Smith (former US Senator and current wife of the US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia) explained that in speaking to students in Riyadh, she has seen a remarkable gap in Saudi students' thinking about social sciences, politics, philosophy and regional affairs. She believes there is an opening for the current Saudi youth to start reflecting on how to address domestic and regional problems reconciled with "Islamic values," and I think that discussion will need to play out partially on the internet, which has become, in many ways, the new public sphere of the Arab World.Veronicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15685901557506318232noreply@blogger.com