Articles
Saddam Would Have Survived the Arab Spring
Iraq has not yet embraced the modern cult of the opinion poll. Voter research is unheard of, market research is rare, and surveys of national attitudes tend to...
Arab Spring with same impact as "big bang strategy": Islam at war with self - not West
Nice piece in the NYT at the end of September pointing out that the primary impact of the Arab Spring is that, in giving people chances to rule themselves and...
Morning Must Reads: April 10
Big policy week: budget today, and gun control and immigration tomorrow
Will the Arab Spring Rain on Obama’s Re-election?
Until now, the Arab spring has felt like a wash in domestic political terms. Conservatives have charged Obama with “losing” Egypt to the Islamists after...
French Satirical Cartoons Spark Ire in the Arab Spring’s Birthplace
After a week of anti-American violence in several cities over the “Innocence of Muslims” video, the rage pivoted on Wednesday to another Western...
Photo Essays
Chaos and Killing in Syria: Photos of a Slow-Motion Civil War
Nearly two years ago, Arab Spring–inspired protests kicked off in the impoverished Syrian agricultural town of Dara‘a. The mini-uprising, defined by its peaceful...
Photos: Where the Arab Spring Began
TIME's Yuri Kozyrev visits the town where 26-year-old street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in December 2010, igniting a rebellion that toppled the...
Articles from Around the Web
Protests in Turkey focus on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Behind the hostility seems to lie wide discontent with the perceived arrogance and intolerance of the leader, who has rejected parallels to the' Arab Spring. ISTANBUL, Turkey...
Israel says strikes in Syria target arms for Hezbollah
JERUSALEM -- With three airstrikes against Syria since January, Israel has inserted itself forcefully into the'' Arab Spring's'' most intractable conflict, heightening fears...
In Chaos in North Africa, a Grim Side of Arab Spring
There is a growing sense that North Africa, long a dormant backwater for Al Qaeda, is turning into another zone of dangerous instability. ...
Pakistani cleric testing his political voice with massive march
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The'' Arab Spring'' seems a long way from Pakistan's winter of discontent. ...
