And the Arab Spring was supposed to result in a great liberalization of MENA countries.
I don't know whether it's optimism or naiveté–or likely some mixture of the two–but the western public tends to ignore how large changes in technology and society can (and usually does) tilt the balance of power towards the establishment.
I don't know whether it's optimism or naiveté–or likely some mixture of the two–but the western public tends to ignore how large changes in technology and society can (and usually does) tilt the balance of power towards the establishment.