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Revolution in the ARAb WoRld Tunisia, EgypT, and ThE unmaking of an Era A SpeciAl RepoRt FRom foreifgonr epioglnic pyo •l irceyv •o lruetvioolnu itnio tnh ien a trhaeb awroarb lwd o•r Tludnisia © 2011 Foreign Policy Published by the Slate Group, a division of The Washington Post Company www.foreignpolicy.com foreignfo proeligicny p•o rleicvyo l•u rteiovno liunt tiohne ainr atbh ew aorralbd w• orrulmdblings Revolution in the ARAb WoRld Tunisia, EgypT, and ThE unmaking of an Era Exclusive coverage of the turmoil in the Middle East — as it’s happening. By the world’s leading experts and journalists on the ground. A Middle East Channel Production Edited by Marc Lynch, Susan B. Glasser, and Blake Hounshell Produced by Britt Peterson Art-directed by Dennis Brack with assistance from Erin Aulov and Andrew Hughey i foreignfo proeligicny p•o rleicvyo l•u rteiovno liunt tiohne ainr atbh ew aorralbd w• orrulmdblings “What is the perfect day for Hosni Mubarak? A day when nothing happens.” —Egyptian joke, December 2010 “A bunch of incognizant, ineffective young people” —Egyptian Interior Minister Habib al-Adly on the Tahrir Square protesters, Jan. 25, 2011 ii foreignfo proeligicny p•o rleicvyo l•u rteiovno liunt tiohne ainr atbh ew aorralbd w• orrulmdblings Introduction By Blake Hounshell and Marc Lynch 1 Chapter 1 Rumblings of Revolution Introduction 10 January 2010: After Pharaoh By Issandr El Amrani 11 June 2010: Even Iran’s Regime Hates Iran’s Regime By Karim Sadjadpour 13 June 2010: The Hollow Arab Core By Marc Lynch 16 June 2010: “Reform,” Saudi Style By Toby C. Jones 19 July 2010: Can Egypt Change? By Steven A. Cook 23 October 2010: Our Man in Sanaa By Ellen Knickmeyer 26 October 2010: The Death of Egypt’s Free Press By David Kenner 31 January 2011: Making Fun of Pharaoh By Issandr El Amrani 33 iii foreignfo proeligicny p•o rleicvyo l•u rteiovno liunt tiohne ainr atbh ew aorralbd w• orrulmdblings Chapter 2 Tunisia: An Unlikely Spark Introduction 41 The Wages of Arab Decay By Marc Lynch 42 A Month Made for Drama By Christopher Alexander 45 The Rise and Fall of Ben Ali By Christopher Alexander 50 Where Have All the Islamists Gone? By Michael Koplow 54 Did WikiLeaks Take Down Tunisia’s Government? By Tom Malinowski 57 What Tunisia Will Mean for Arab Democracy By Steven Heydemann 63 A Middle-Class Revolution By Eric Goldstein 66 Chapter 3 18 Days in Cairo Introduction 72 January 25: Tear Gas on the Day of Rage By Ashraf Khalil 73 iv foreignfo proeligicny p•o rleicvyo l•u rteiovno liunt tiohne ainr atbh ew aorralbd w• orrulmdblings February 1: A Wounded Father Figure By Ashraf Khalil 76 February 2: With Eyes Red from Rage By Amil Khan 78 Later February 2: Day of the Thugs By Ashraf Khalil 83 February 3: Sword vs. Pen By Ashraf Khalil 86 February 4: Fortress Tahrir By Ashraf Khalil 89 February 4: Two Cups of Tea By Blake Hounshell 92 February 7: A New Leader for Egypt’s Protesters By Blake Hounshell 96 February 8: The Revolution Is Not Over By Blake Hounshell 100 February 9: Egypt’s Foreigner Blame Game By Peter Bouckaert 102 February 10: ‘We Need to Drag Him from His Palace’ By Ashraf Khalil 107 v foreignfo proeligicny p•o rleicvyo l•u rteiovno liunt tiohne ainr atbh ew aorralbd w• orrulmdblings February 11: Pharaoh Is Dead, Long Live Pharaoh? By Blake Hounshell 110 February 12: After the Party By Ashraf Khalil 115 Chapter 4 Revolution-Makers Introduction 121 The Arab World’s Youth Army By Ellen Knickmeyer 122 Revolution U By Tina Rosenberg 127 The Hopeful Network By Maryam Ishani 143 We Need to ‘Keep Kicking Their Behinds’: Mohamed ElBaradei on His New Life of Protest Interview by Blake Hounshell 149 The Al Jazeera Effect By Hugh Miles 160 Chapter 5 Barack Obama and the New Mideast Introduction 167 vi foreignfo proeligicny p•o rleicvyo l•u rteiovno liunt tiohne ainr atbh ew aorralbd w• orrulmdblings RIP, Engagement By James Traub 169 The New Arab World Order By Robert D. Kaplan 173 Welcome to the Real World, Mr. Obama By Gary Sick 175 Blogging Egypt: Marc Lynch on Obama’s Challenge 179 Returning Freedom to the Agenda By Elliott Abrams 188 The Right Way to Engage By Zalmay Khalilzad 190 Policy Fit for a Bumper Sticker By Stephen Sestanovich 192 Cairo Wasn’t Obama’s to Lose By Aaron David Miller 194 Chapter 6 Now What? Revolution and Its Discontents Introduction 200 Winners, Losers, and the Still Unknown By Stephen M. Walt 201 vii foreignfo proeligicny p•o rleicvyo l•u rteiovno liunt tiohne ainr atbh ew aorralbd w• orrulmdblings Revolutionary Triumph? Maybe. By Nathan J. Brown 207 The Tyrant Is Dead, But What About His Tyranny? By Mohammed Ayoob 211 The End of the Beginning By David A. Bell 213 viii
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