One year on, the Arab Spring continues to spread even as the early hopes raised by the uprisings wither. Democratisation is neither easy nor has it historically been a linear process, even in
While there was a strong and overt congruence of interests between the NATO powers and Wahhabi extremists during the 1979-94 Afghan war, 9/11 reversed the situation, leading to a pullback from the
One year on, the Arab Spring continues to spread even as the early hopes raised by the uprisings wither. Democratization is neither easy, nor has it historically been a linear process, even in