Four years have past since the beginning of the Middle East upheavals;regional patterns of the Middle East have entered a deep-water zone:politically transitioning countries have faced three dilemmas and become disori...Four years have past since the beginning of the Middle East upheavals;regional patterns of the Middle East have entered a deep-water zone:politically transitioning countries have faced three dilemmas and become disoriented;the old patterns shaped by the beginning of the upheavals are restructuring again,“old”orders recur increasingly in the“new”Middle East;power structures within the region are increasingly fragmented,which draws the whole region into turbulence;the upheavals also promote the strategic contraction of the US in the Middle East.展开更多
文摘Four years have past since the beginning of the Middle East upheavals;regional patterns of the Middle East have entered a deep-water zone:politically transitioning countries have faced three dilemmas and become disoriented;the old patterns shaped by the beginning of the upheavals are restructuring again,“old”orders recur increasingly in the“new”Middle East;power structures within the region are increasingly fragmented,which draws the whole region into turbulence;the upheavals also promote the strategic contraction of the US in the Middle East.