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Saudi Arabia is extremely unlikely to experience the turmoil seen elsewhere in the region, since the Saudi kingdom is among the best equipped to handle the wave of popular protests roiling the Arab world.
As protests continue to rattle Yemen and undermine President Ali Abdullah Saleh's hold on power, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which is based in the country's ungoverned areas, poses a grave and growing threat to American domestic security.
As revolutionary change sweeps across the Arab world, there is a distinct window of opportunity for the United States and Israel to push urgently for a lasting peace between Israel and Palestine.
In order to promote stability in Iraq, the United States should take several key steps, including placing greater emphasis on governance and reform, redefining its security relationship with Baghdad, and helping integrate Iraq into a regional security structure.
One major risk coming out of Libya’s escalating internal turmoil is the ability for dangerous Islamist fighters who were previously in custody to threaten U.S. interests.
Syria’s relative lack of civil society freedom might insulate its government from Egyptian style demonstrations for now, while the greater level of contact between the regime and society might protect it from a rebellion akin to Libya’s.
The current unrest in the Arab world caught most people by surprise—both inside and outside the region—and has fundamentally upended several conventional beliefs about the Arab world.
In many of Egypt's economic and religious institutions, mini-revolutions seem to be brewing against leaders who had been co-opted into serving the Mubarak regime.
If Egypt can make the transition to democracy, it will lead the way to a new era for the Arab world. If Cairo falls back to dictatorship of one variety or another, it is unlikely the rest of the region will move on without it.
While the fall of Western-oriented Arab governments may appear to be a blow to Washington and a boon for Tehran, the expectation that Iran will fill the Middle East power vacuum is short-sighted.