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This is a period laden with potential for the growth of freedom, but also heavy with risks and challenges for the United States.

Do China's mandarins have anything to fear from the winds of freedom that have blown away Arab autocrats? The short answer is no—for now. The Chinese government has performed for its people, lifting hundreds of millions out of poverty during the same length of time Hosni Mubarak reigned in Egypt.Though many in the West would like to think so, it is not likely that the rising middle class in China will one day also fill Tiananmen Square in protest. In the immediate future, the chaos and economic drift that will now engulf the liberated Middle East will remind them again that China was right not to go down the path of Gorbachev's glasnost and perestroika in Russia.And it is not as if they will have a chance. The authorities are determined never to allow any two people who vent virtually on the Net to meet in the street.In this section, we discuss the impact of the Arab revolt—and lack of it—on China's system of governance.

Euro-Mediterranean Consortium for Applied Research on International Migration (CARIM) ; This paper explores how the revolts taking place in the Arab World would affect the migratory outcomes within the region and internationally. The impact of the uprisings on migration will depend on whether the country is a country of origin or of destination. The paper focuses on two cases-studies: Egypt, being the main sending country in the region, and Libya, a main country of destination for migrants from the North African region as well as from Sub-Saharan Africa. The Arab countries are still going through the transition between an old regime and a new one, with major economic and political unrest and episodes of protests and sit ins as well as military actions and, what is more, this period of unrest is likely to last for some time. The impact of the revolutions on the economic and political status of the country is still to be debated and understood. With the lack of clarity in economic and political policies, migration will continue to be unpredictable. ; Cet article s'intéresse aux conséquences des révolutions arabes sur les migrations régionales et internationales. L'impact des révoltes diffère dans les pays d'émigration et les pays d'immigration. Ce texte traite de deux exemples : l'Egypte, qui est le principal pays d'émigration dans la région, et la Libye, qui est un important pays de destination pour des migrants nord-africains et subsahariens. Les pays arabes traversent une période de transition, qui risque de durer, entre un ancien et un nouveau régime, avec d'importantes protestations politiques et économiques, des manifestations, et des actions militaires. L'impact des révolutions sur la situation politique et économique des pays arabes doit encore être débattu et analysé. L'évolution des mouvements migratoires est difficile à prévoir en l'absence d'une vision claire des choix politiques et économiques à venir. ; CARIM is co-financed by the European University Institute and the European Union

The triple crisis-of Western hegemony, of capital and of the nation-state form-within which the Arab uprisings of 2011 have unfolded, and longer-run history of Anglo-American strategies for containing popular aspirations to sovereignty. Adapted from the source document.

Washington faces the Arab revolts : sacrificing dictators to save the state -- Egypt's social movements, the CIA and Mossad -- Roots of the Arab revolts and premature celebrations -- The Euro-US war on Libya : official lies and misconceptions of critics -- Libya and Obama's defense of the "rebel uprising" -- Contextualizing the "Arab spring" : networks of empire and realignments of world power -- NATO's war crimes in Libya : who grieves for the fallen heroes? -- The assassination of Osama bin Laden : its uses and abuses -- The assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki by fiat -- The Obama doctrine : making a virtue of necessity -- What future for the Washington-"Moderate Islamist" alliance? -- Appendix: indicators of social well being in pre-invasion Libya

The popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia have overthrown the public face of the imperial-backed dictatorships in the region, and inspired supporters of popular democracy worldwide. As the Arab revolt spreads from North Africa to the Gulf and widens its demands to include socio-economic as well as political changes, the Empire is striking back. The ruling military junta in Egypt has cracked down on the pro-democracy movement and looks to its autocratic "partners" in the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula to drown the civil society movements in a blood bath. While standing by the crumbling dictatorships elsewhere in the region, the UK, France and the US raced to intervene when it seemed the revolt had spread to Libya. NATO was deployed, using the UN's new "responsibility to protect" doctrine authorising humanitarian intervention. Already NATO intervention has exceeded the UN mandate by bombing the Libyan capital and inflicting civilian casualties. Meanwhile, western governments openly pursue regime change in Libya while seeking to forestall it elsewhere. These essays chronicle the growing militarisation of US policy in North Africa and the Gulf and the historic confrontation between the Arab democratic revolution and the imperial backed satraps; between Libyans fighting for their independence and the Euro-American naval and air forces ravaging the country on behalf of their inept local clients.