More Dominos to Fall in the Arab Evolution?
I have just read the entry made by Robin Lustig of BBC Radio 4 which makes an interesting point of the potential domino effect of these autocratic regimes as seen by their peoples now changing through generally dramatic protest and how it is perceived vis-a-vis the worries of Saudi Arabia and the price of oil which of course effects most of our energy requirements. Although he looks at the knowledge that he has regarding Bahrain and Yemen, we do not seem to have any analysis at this time of the potential for Kuwait, UAE, and Qatar amongst what the "West" perceives as progressive and friendly countries and then also if there are concerns with the unfriendly countries of Syria, Iran and Lebanon within the region we would categorise as the Middle East. Are we in fact at a stage where regimes that are not thought as being overly autocratic can loosen the financial econmonic distribution of funds as a way of maintaining their control, but evidently after financial control comes...