Posts About Arab World

Waiting to Catch Obama's Wave

Only the Arab world hasn’t seen major change in its leadership for over thirty years.


Kingdoms More Stable Than Republics

With the way the Arab world has gone, a stable, serious and relatively open monarchy is more favorable than a supposed republic. Powerful positions are granted to leaders' sons in Syria, Egypt and Libya while the Kingdoms of Jordan, Bahrain and Morocco enjoy the most serious democratization in the region.


PostGlobal is an interactive conversation on global issues moderated by Newsweek International Editor Fareed Zakaria and David Ignatius of The Washington Post. It is produced jointly by Newsweek and washingtonpost.com, as is On Faith, a conversation on religion. Please send your comments, questions and suggestions for PostGlobal to Natalie Ahn, its producer.