“Seemingly unconnected, important events are taking place simultaneously across the Middle East and North Africa, in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Iraq and Algeria. One may wonder about what common denominator runs through these events, and why they are not occurring in other Arab countries.

The first explanation is geographic. It is not a coincidence that the lion’s share of uprisings are taking place in North Africa. A revolution that knocks at its neighbor’s door is more dangerous than one that is far away.”

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