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Is This the End of the Arab Spring?

Introduction

Ahmed Gomaa/Associated PressAuthorities cleared sit-ins in Cairo, killing scores of protesters.

With a state of emergency declared in Egypt, continued unrest in Bahrain, democracy under threat in Tunisia, Libya, and possibly even Turkey, and an all-out civil war in Syria, is there any hope left for the anti-authoritarian movement that swept through the Middle East?

• Airing Out the House of Egypt
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  Mona Eltahawy, columnist
• If the West Would Step Up
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  Ed Husain, Council on Foreign Relations
• Activists Must Reclaim a Co-Opted Movement
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  Karima Bennoune, author, “Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here”
• In the Gulf, a New Model for Creating Democracy
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  Matar Ebrahim, activist
• In Turkey, Voters Still Have Power
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  Christine Ogan, Indiana University
• Region’s Hardliners Will Take Heart
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  Haleh Esfandiari, Woodrow Wilson International Center
• ‘Spring’ Uprisings Are Nothing New
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  James L. Gelvin, author, "The Arab Uprisings: What Everyone Needs to Know"
• There’s Hope in the Long Run
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  Michael Albertus, University of Chicago and Victor Menaldo, University of Washington
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• Consider Egypt’s Peaceful Masses
  
  Tawakkol Karman, human rights activist, Yemen
• Democracy May Succeed if Violence Doesn’t Rise
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  Peter Ackerman, International Center for Nonviolent Conflict
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