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Egypt’s generals have constantly employed repressive tools to instill fear among the population in order to stifle free expression and peaceful opposition.
Unless there are fundamental changes in Syria’s social and security structures, any political solution to the conflict is likely to fail.
The violence sweeping across the Arab world isn't a consequence of the Arab Spring, but of decades of dictatorship.
Algiers and Beijing have improved their economic ties, but Algeria can certainly benefit more.
In the wake of the Arab Spring, newer media and older forms (such as the daily newspaper) have gradually made it easier for Middle East countries to participate in public debates from a variety of ideological perspectives.
The United States is probably not going the way of Egypt, despite some similarities.
Polarization in the Arab world may be the result of political systems that have opened themselves up to political debate, but not given healthy ways in which to translate political debate into political outcomes.
Without real progress on fundamental political and economic reforms, further regional turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa is inevitable.
If Tunisia’s top-down strategy to boost investment and private-sector growth is to succeed, a bottom-up approach is also needed to address the country’s most urgent challenges.
Tunisia is restructuring the state’s economic role, but the effects could sharpen inequalities and threaten political stability.