Qaddafi Unplugged: An excerpt from The Age of Deception: Nuclear Diplomacy in Treacherous Times by Mohamed ElBaradei. The Clash of the Caliphates: Tony Corn on understanding the real war of ideas. For years, Arab dictators used food subsidies — and cheap bread — to keep their subjects quiet, but when prices rose, the very thing that regimes used to ensure obedience became a symbol and a source of revolution. J.J. Goldberg on how global warming felled Mubarak. Jean-Jacques Jihad: There is a reason leftists and Islamists collaborate: totalitarianism. Bahrain's Base Politics: Alexander Cooley and Daniel H. Nexon on the Arab Spring and America’s military bases. Nick Kimbrell on three great songs from the Arab revolutions' soundtrack. The No-Show: Melik Kaylan on why values should have mattered in Iraq. Nationalism plays a vital role in Egyptian life, and its influence — despite Arab nationalism’s frequent association with dictatorial regimes — could be a key bulwark against religious extremism there. Meanwhile in the Maghreb: How have Algeria and Morocco avoided North Africa’s unrest? The mainstream media don't know what to make of Gene Sharp, the American political thinker who helped inspire the Egyptian revolution. Tony Badran on what everyone got wrong about Bashar al-Assad. Thirteen years after the political reforms, Indonesia is viewed as the most stable democracy in its region — is there something Egypt can learn from the Indonesian example? The post-Communist transitions of Eastern European governments hold some surprising lessons for the fledgling democracies in Egypt and Tunisia. Lessons in liberation from Latin America: Although there are significant historical and cultural differences, four concrete actions taken in the region offer guidance to those seeking a new democratic era in the Middle East.
