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Arab Spring: the revolution has only just begun

This year, the certitudes of the old Middle East dissolved with unseemly haste. A regional order frozen in place since the death of Egypt’s Colonel Nasser 40 years ago finally thawed. It produced a torrent of uprisings, coups, standoffs, civil … Continue reading

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Goodspeed: As Arab Spring topples dictators, Iran’s influence grows

Not since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War has the Middle East experienced such comprehensive change. Dictators have been toppled in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen; Syria is suffering civil war; and rebellion is smouldering … Continue reading

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