2010 World Events · Financial crisis, uprisings, and the cyber-kinetic threshold
Arab Spring begins in Tunisia
Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation preceded mass protests that toppled Tunisia's president and inspired uprisings across the Arab world.
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What this is
A specific-event record selected from the protected World Events source ledger for cross-year research. It is not an exhaustive account of 2010.
Why it matters
It reshaped Middle East politics and security for the decade.
What is established here
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What remains uncertain
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Record narrative
Source-bounded summary
Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation preceded mass protests that toppled Tunisia's president and inspired uprisings across the Arab world.
It reshaped Middle East politics and security for the decade.
Structured fields
Record at a glance
- Stable record ID
- 2010-006
- Date or period
- 2010-12-17 onward
- Type
- Mass protest / revolution
- Focus
- Political / security
- Impact scope
- Global
- Priority
- 5 of 5
- Location label
- Tunis, Tunisia
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
- Actors named by the source record
- Tunisian protesters; Ben Ali government; regional publics
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
Geographic context
A coordinate locator, not a surveyed event footprint
The submitted record supplies 36.8065, 10.1815 with the precision label “City-level coordinate.” Multi-location events, disputed borders, campaigns, and broad regions cannot be reduced to one point.
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2IA — International Intelligence Archive. “Arab Spring begins in Tunisia.” World Events record 2010-006. Reviewed July 27, 2026. https://2ix.org/world-events/2010/2010-006/