March 14, 2016
March 14, 2016
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Gideon Rose
Last Updated 02/29/16
The Arab Spring at Five
A comprehensive look at how 2011 shaped the Middle East.
51 Articles
51 Articles
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Introduction
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A comprehensive look at how 2011 shaped the Middle East.
May/June 2005
May/June 2005
Freedom and Justice in the Modern Middle East
Bernard Lewis
May/June 2011
May/June 2011
Demystifying the Arab Spring
Parsing the Differences Between Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya
Lisa Anderson
May/June 2011
May/June 2011
Understanding the Revolutions of 2011
Weakness and Resilience in Middle Eastern Autocracies
Jack A. Goldstone
July/August 2011
July/August 2011
Why Middle East Studies Missed the Arab Spring
The Myth of Authoritarian Stability
F. Gregory Gause III
March/April 2012
March/April 2012
The Arab Spring at One
A Year of Living Dangerously
Fouad Ajami
January/February 2013
January/February 2013
The Promise of the Arab Spring
In Political Development, No Gain Without Pain
Sheri Berman
January/February 2013
January/February 2013
The Mirage of the Arab Spring
Deal With the Region You Have, Not the Region You Want
Seth G. Jones
March 6, 2013
March 6, 2013
Tunisia's Post-Revolution Blues
Stagnation and Stalemate Where the Arab Spring Began
Aaron Y. Zelin
September 17, 2013
September 17, 2013
Tunisia’s Lessons for the Middle East
Why the First Arab Spring Transition Worked Best
Ibrahim Sharqieh
October 23, 2014
October 23, 2014
The Tunisia Model
Did Tunis Win the Arab Spring?
Brian Klaas and Marcel Dirsus
December 23, 2014
December 23, 2014
Democracy by Necessity
Tunisians Go to the Polls
Marina Ottaway
January 31, 2016
January 31, 2016
Tumult in Tunisia
Weathering the Economic and Political Storms
Brian Klaas
July 5, 2012
July 5, 2012
The Muslim Brotherhood's Long Game
Egypt's Ruling Party Plots its Path to Power
Eric Trager
December 2, 2012
December 2, 2012
Morsi's Mistake
The Error Behind the Uproar in Egypt
Steven A. Cook
July 9, 2013
July 9, 2013
Even Good Coups Are Bad
Lessons for Egypt from the Philippines, Venezuela, and Beyond
Omar Encarnación
August 28, 2013
August 28, 2013
First They Came for the Islamists
Egypt’s Tunisian Future
Michael J. Koplow
January 31, 2014
January 31, 2014
Can a Myth Rule a Nation?
The Truth About Sisi's Candidacy in Egypt
Joshua Stacher
July 21, 2015
July 21, 2015
Egypt's Durable Misery
Why Sisi's Regime Is Stable
Eric Trager
January 17, 2016
January 17, 2016
The Brotherhood Breaks Down
Will the Group Survive the Latest Blow?
Eric Trager and Marina Shalabi
January 25, 2016
January 25, 2016
Did Sisi Save Egypt?
The Arab Spring at Five
Nathan Brown and Yasser El-Shimy
March/April 2012
March/April 2012
NATO's Victory in Libya
The Right Way to Run an Intervention
Ivo H. Daalder and James G. Stavridis
July 12, 2012
July 12, 2012
Libya's Militia Menace
The Challenge After the Elections
Frederic Wehrey
November/December 2012
November/December 2012
After Qaddafi
The Surprising Success of the New Libya
Dirk Vandewalle
July 28, 2014
July 28, 2014
Libya on the Brink
How to Stop the Fighting
Jason Pack
March/April 2015
March/April 2015
Obama’s Libya Debacle
How a Well-Meaning Intervention Ended in Failure
Alan J. Kuperman
May/June 2015
May/June 2015
Who Lost Libya?
Obama’s Intervention in Retrospect
Derek Chollet and Ben Fishman; Alan J. Kuperman
February 10, 2016
February 10, 2016
Setting the Record Straight on Benghazi
What Really Led to Libya's Chaos
Ethan Chorin
February 5, 2012
February 5, 2012
Russia's Line in the Sand on Syria
Why Moscow Wants To Halt the Arab Spring
Dmitri Trenin
March 20, 2012
March 20, 2012
Assad Family Values
How the Son Learned to Quash a Rebellion From His Father
Patrick Seale
March 20, 2012
March 20, 2012
Why Washington Didn't Intervene In Syria Last Time
Comparing 1982 to 2012
Richard W. Murphy
April 16, 2012
April 16, 2012
Alawites for Assad
Why the Syrian Sect Backs the Regime
Leon Goldsmith
August 13, 2012
August 13, 2012
Ramadan in Aleppo
A Letter From Rebel-Controlled Syria
Michael Weiss
March 25, 2013
March 25, 2013
The Real Reason Putin Supports Assad
Mistaking Syria for Chechnya
Fiona Hill
March/April 2015
March/April 2015
Syria's President Speaks
A Conversation With Bashar al-Assad
August 11, 2015
August 11, 2015
The New Great Game
How Regional Powers are Carving Up Syria
Andrew J. Tabler
November 4, 2015
November 4, 2015
The Not-So-Great Game in Syria
And How to End It
Andrew J. Tabler
September 28, 2015
September 28, 2015
Syria's Good Neighbors
How Jordan and Lebanon Sheltered Millions of Refugees
David Schenker
October 5, 2015
October 5, 2015
No (Gulf) Country for Syrian Refugees
The Kafala System and the Migration Crisis
Michael Ewers and Justin Gengler
March/April 2015
March/April 2015
ISIS Is Not a Terrorist Group
Why Counterterrorism Won’t Stop the Latest Jihadist Threat
Audrey Kurth Cronin
January 10, 2016
January 10, 2016
ISIS' Social Contract
What the Islamic State Offers Civilians
Mara Revkin
January 4, 2016
January 4, 2016
How to Defeat ISIS
The Case for U.S. Ground Forces
James F. Jeffrey
January/February 2016
January/February 2016
Obama’s Way
The President in Practice
Fred Kaplan
November/December 2015
November/December 2015
The End of Pax Americana
Why Washington’s Middle East Pullback Makes Sense
Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson
March/April 2016
March/April 2016
Fight or Flight
America’s Choice in the Middle East
Kenneth M. Pollack
November/December 2015
November/December 2015
Getting
Over Egypt
Time to Rethink Relations
Michael Wahid Hanna
February 7, 2016
February 7, 2016
The Next Front Against ISIS
The Right Way to Intervene in Libya
Frederic Wehrey and Wolfram Lacher
February 9, 2016
February 9, 2016
Algeria After the Arab Spring
Algiers Came Out Ahead—But the Good Times Could Be Over
Yahia H. Zoubir
January 25, 2016
January 25, 2016
Ankara's Failure
How Turkey Lost the Arab Spring
Jonathan Schanzer and Merve Tahiroglu
January 19, 2016
January 19, 2016
Assad Has It His Way
The Peace Talks and After
Joshua Landis and Steven Simon
February 8, 2016
February 8, 2016
The Right Way to Think About the Syria Talks
They Aren't About Syria, They Are About Russia
Samuel Charap and Jeremy Shapiro