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Jan 2021
35m 15s

The Arab Spring Ten Years On

Center For Strategic And International Studies
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In our latest episode of Babel, Jon Alterman was joined by Issandr El Amrani, regional director for the Middle East/North Africa region at the Open Society Foundation. Issandr talked to Jon about how political trends across the Middle East have unfolded in the ten years since the Arab Spring. He also gives his thoughts on what trends people should be watchin ... Show More
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