Scared of instability and waves of immigration, European governments have wrongly privileged their own national interests over democracy in the Middle East

Barring a Saudi crisis, the Gulf is not the worry—instead it is Moscow

The Arab upheaval shows that we should promote our values—up to a point

You can’t overstate the discomfort for Britain, or America, from the revolution in Tahrir Square

The revolutions of 2011 have proven that Arab culture is not incompatible with democracy. But the quest for freedom is far from complete, and many dangers lie ahead