US Approaches to the Arab Uprisings

From nonviolent protests in Cairo and Manama to the ousting of Libya''s Gaddafi and the beginning of the Syrian Civil War, the series of uprisings which swept through the Middle East and North Africa from late 2010 have been burdened with the collective hopes and expectations of the world. Western supporters quickly identified these uprisings as a collective ''awakening'' - a move towards democrac...