The Middle East in the Arab Winter
The youth revolt that began in Tunis and Cairo in 2011 has come to an end (at least for now), though the region has been changed fundamentally by it. Indeed, the victory of counter-revolution and power politics in Egypt has only seemed to restore the old order; the current regime's political foundations are simply too brittle.
BERLIN – Travel broadens the mind, goes the old saying. This is especially true for the Middle East. But travel there nowadays can be extremely disorienting; indeed, developments that were impossible to contemplate just a few months ago are becoming reality.