Presenter: The Making of the Modern Arab World A map marked with crude chinagraph ... Century into new countries - and relegated these political entities to two spheres of influence: Iraq ...

As the Arab Spring's anti ... that can come with sudden political change. The Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index (EIU), provides a snapshot of the state of world democracy, the index ...

The Arab world is watching a “civil war” in Israel in the shadow of its ongoing political division ... calls of protest on the left side of the map, alongside the strengthening of its right ...

The powerful images of pro-democracy protests emerging from Beirut, Baghdad and Algiers remind us once again that Arab ... and political conflicts; and protect their standing in the world.

Middle East scholars discussed political change in the Arab world. Topics included Bush administration foreign policy, democratization, human rights, monarchies, the fall of Saddam Hussein ...