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Preface: Why should you read this book?
1. Introduction : understanding the Arab Awakening / Kenneth M. Pollack
PART I. THE DYNAMICS OF THE ARAB SPRING
2. Arab public opinion : what do they want? / Shibley Telhami
3. Democratization 101 : historical lessons for the Arab Spring / Stephen R. Grand
4. Islamists and the Brotherhood : political Islam and the Arab Spring / Shadi Hamid
5. The impact of new media : the revolution will be tweeted / Michael S. Doran
6. The impact on the peace process : peacemaker or peacebreaker? / Khaled Elgindy and Salman Shaikh
7. The Arab militaries : the double-edged swords / Kenneth M. Pollack
8. The economic dimension : the price of freedom / Suzanne Maloney
9. Terrorism : Al-Qaeda and the Arab Spring / Daniel L. Byman
PART II. COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION
10. Democratizers? The pursuit of pluralism / Kenneth M. Pollack
11. Iraq : the roller coaster of democracy / Kenneth M. Pollack
12. Egypt : the prize / Shadi Hamid
13. Tunisia : birthplace of the revolution / Shadi Hamid
14. Libya : from revolt to state-building / Akram Al-Turk
15. The Palestinians : between national liberation and political legitimacy / Khaled Elgindy
PART III. THE IMPERATIVE OF REFORM
16. Reform : convincing reluctant regimes to change / Kenneth M. Pollack
17. Making reform credible : the critical piece of the puzzle / Stephen R. Grand, Shadi Hamid, Kenneth M. Pollack, and Sarah E. Yerkes
18. Saudi Arabia : the elephant in the living room / Bruce O. Riedel
19. Jordan : an imperfect state / Salman Shaikh
20. Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and the UAE : the nervous bystanders / Suzanne Maloney
21. Bahrain : island of troubles / Michael S. Doran and Salman Shaikh
22. Morocco : the model for reform? / Sarah E. Yerkes
23. Algeria : whistling past the graveyard / Bruce O. Riedel
PART IV. STATES IN CRISIS
24. States in civil war : challenges for the United States / Daniel L. Byman
25. Yemen : the search for stability and development / Ibrahim Sharqieh
26. Syria : the ghosts of Hama / Michael S. Doran and Salman Shaikh
PART V. OTHER REGIONAL ACTORS
27. Regional actors : the changing balance of power in the Middle East / Daniel L. Byman and Kenneth M. Pollack
28. Israel : a frosty response to the Arab Spring / Daniel L. Byman
29. Iran : the bogeyman / Suzanne Maloney
30. Turkey : an interested party / Omer Taspinar
PART VI. THE EXTERNAL POWERS
31. External powers : riding the tsunami / Kenneth M. Pollack
32. Europe : muddling through / Ruth Hanau Santini
33. Russia : Moscow does not believe in change / Pavel K. Baev
34. China : unease from afar / Jonathan D. Pollack
35. The international order and the emerging powers : implications of the Arab Awakening / Bruce Jones
36. The United States : a new American grand strategy for the Middle East / Kenneth M. Pollack
Appendix: Political, social, and economic indicators of the Middle East.
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