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On the edge of the Arab Spring

Ellen Lust (Yale): Why Now? Micro Transitions and the Arab Uprisings. Anthony Billingsley (UNSW): Writing Constitutions in the Wake of the Arab Spring: The Challenge of Consolidating Democracy. From the Journal of Democracy, Lucan Way (Toronto): Comparing the Arab Revolts: The Lessons of 1989; and Zoltan Barany (Texas): Comparing the Arab Revolts: The Role of the Military. From The Hedgehog Review, “our revolution is civil”: An interview with Asef Bayat on revolt and change in the Arab world; and whither political Islam and the “Arab Spring”? Ahmed H. al-Rahim investigates. From The National, a review of books on the Arab Spring. On the edge of the Arab Spring: Avoiding the worst of the protests in the region, Jordan is changing anyway. Who said Gaddafi had to go? Hugh Roberts wants to know. A review of Disordered World: Setting a New Course for the Twenty-First Century by Amin Maalouf. Requiem for the Arab Spring: What does history teach us about the Arab Revolutions? Immanuel Wallerstein on the contradictions of the Arab Spring. From The European, do it yourself, Egypt: Democratization in Egypt cannot be successful unless the economic realm is liberalized as well; Arab democratization cannot proceed without economic development — the history of the EU can provide a roadmap for the Arab world; and during the chaos of the early Arab Spring, the protesters in Bahrain became barely audible — this was exactly what the country's hardliners had wished for. A look at the unexpected renaissance of the Arab League.