Arab Spring, revolutions and the domino effect: How European democracy promotion can support democracies on the move
                
            
            
                Brussels, 27. September 2012
            
            
                Democratization and the protection of human rights have typically been understood as domestic phenomena. However, popular commentary on the Arab Spring has included reference to the international dimensions of the diffusion of democracy and human rights that began with the self-immolation of a street vendor in Tunisia and the subsequent…