The Arab Autocracy Trap
It has been more than six years since the start of the Arab Spring, and life for most Arabs in the Middle East and North Africa is worse than it was in 2011. The stage is now being set for another popular awakening in countries where the authorities have run out of options.
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TEL AVIV – It has been more than six years since the start of the Arab Spring, and life for most Arabs is worse than it was in 2011. Unemployment is rife in the Middle East and North Africa, where two thirds of the population is between the ages of 15 and 29. And throughout the region, regimes have closed off channels for political expression, and responded to popular protests with increasing brutality.