Author: F. Gregory Gause III, Professor of Political Science, University of Vermont
July/August 2011
Foreign Affairs
Middle East experts were as surprised as everyone else by the Arab revolts. Focused on explaining the stability of local autocracies in recent decades, they underestimated the hidden forces driving change. As they wipe the egg off their faces, they need to reconsider long-held assumptions about the Arab world.
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