The end of the Tunisian story hasn't yet been written. We don't yet know whether the so-called Jasmine Revolution will produce fundamental change or a return to a cosmetically-modified status quo ante, democracy or a newly configured authoritarianism. But most of the policy community has long since moved on to ask whether the Tunisian protests will spread to other Arab countries -- Egypt, of course, but also Jordan, Yemen, Algeria, Libya, and almost every place else. Most experts on each individual country can offer powerful, well-reasoned explanations as to why their country won't be next. I'm skeptical too.
Will they spread? No doubt. Will they succeed? ...
ReplyDeleteI know that this is too early, but I'm hopeful they will Jemmy
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Arson and agents provocateurs in Central Cairohttp://www.arabist.net/blog/2011/1/28/arson-and-agents-provocateurs-in-central-cairo.html
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I'm hopeful too. At least Washington can't spread its forces so thin as too intervene in all these countries to prop up puppets.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this, vza, I was wondering when a translation would become available. The UK citizens' protests against the kleptocracy begin in earnest in March. Some advice may be gleaned from this.
ReplyDeleteIsn't Morocco quiet.
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