Karen E. Young | AEIdeas
The US and the EU are in no position to compete with the amount or the immediacy of financial support that the Gulf Arab states can offer. But for emerging markets, today’s windfall is tomorrow’s institutional challenge
tBy BENNY AVNI, Special to the Sun | April 19, 2019
https://www.nysun.com/foreign/arab-spring-20-brings-unrest-as-us-sits-it-out/90654/
Arab North Africa is in turmoil, and Americans are too tired, disillusioned, or self-absorbed to do anything about it. And that isn't necessarily a bad thing.
In Sudan, discontent has once again triggered unrest, while in Libya a budding strongman is on the rise. Unsavory outsiders -- neighboring regimes, Islamists, Russians, Iranians, even the Chinese -- are seeking to gain influence amid turmoil.
The Arab Spring that swept the region beginning in late 2010 quickly turned into a long winter. Chaos and terror slashed democratic hopes. Now Arab Spring 2.0 is upon us. Don't expect a brighter outcome than from the first.
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by Seth Frantzman
The Jerusalem Post
April 11, 2019
https://www.meforum.org/58208/sudan-crisis-impacts-middle-east
Four prospective candidates have the organizational support and the name recognition to launch credible campaigns on short notice.
By Dr. James M. Dorsey, April 18, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Much of the Middle East’s recent turmoil stems from internecine Middle Eastern rivalries spilling onto third country battlefields and Saudi and UAE-led efforts to roll back the achievements of the 2011 popular Arab revolts and pre-empt further uprisings. The recent successful toppling of ailing Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika and months of anti-government demonstrations that have put Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir on the defensive suggest that the Saudi-UAE effort may be faltering.
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In addition to charges of nepotism and corruption among the ruling class, bleak employment prospects — particularly for youth — drove many Algerians to the streets.