NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Steven Heydemann, Middle East Studies director at Smith College, about how Syria might avoid replicating Arab countries that are worse off after overthrowing dictators.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab women played a central role in the Arab Spring, but their hopes the revolts would bring greater freedom and expanded rights for women have been thwarted by entrenched ...

LONDON (Reuters) - After the "Arab Spring" and unrest in Europe, New York's "Occupy Wall Street" movement may be the latest sign of a global, popular backlash against elites with increasingly shared ...

Israel once hoped to be a true economic force in the Middle East, with a path mapped out for a more stable future, including normalization of relationships with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab ...

I know and have co-authored with people who wrote some of the studies that are linked to in this article. The fall of Bashar Assad’s dictatorship in December 2024 has ushered in a nerve-wracking time ...