The Arab Revolutions’ Reality Check
Two years after upheaval began to convulse the Arab world, few people speak of an “Arab Spring” anymore. The whole of the Middle East is in motion, and, until a new and stable order is established, the region will remain very dangerous, not only internally, but also for its neighbors and the world.
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BERLIN – Two years after popular uprisings began to convulse the Middle East, few people speak of an “Arab Spring” anymore. Given Syria’s bloody civil war, the rise to power of Islamist forces through free elections, the ever-deepening political and economic crises in Egypt and Tunisia, increasing instability in Iraq, uncertainty about the future of Jordan and Lebanon, and the threat of war over Iran’s nuclear program, the bright hope of a new Middle East has vanished.