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All of us tend to make the same mistake repeatedly: we think at the beginning of a revolution that freedom and justice have prevailed over dictatorship and cruelty.
A revolution not only overthrows a repressive regime; it also destroys the old order, paving the way for a mostly brutal, if not bloody, fight for power to establish a new one – a process that affects foreign and domestic policy alike.
In former leader Muammar el-Qaddafi’s hometown of Sirte, residents told me that they ceased fighting with the rebels and joined Qaddafi’s forces when NATO intervened in their revolution.
Hence, Alexander Dobrindt of the CSU has promised a “conservative revolution,” while Martin Schulz, the erstwhile leader of the SPD, has promoted EU federation.
The Iranian revolution in 1979 led to a similar stagflationary increase in oil prices, which culminated in the recession of 1980-1981.
In the eighteenth century, cheap and washable cotton undergarments produced a revolution in hygiene, but soon this had become so commonplace that the cotton revolution no longer generated any excitement.
But, like the cotton revolution, the true measure of the social and political transformations wrought by the PC will become clear only after a much longer time.
Despite the challenges some African countries face, the continent’s economic potential remains massive, thanks to favorable demographic dynamics, fast-growing cities, burgeoning domestic markets, and a digital revolution.
But the social revolution brought by microblogging might be even more important than the communication revolution.
Stolypin never got the chance – a revolutionary assassinated him in 1911 – and neither did Russia, which stumbled into World War I, leading directly to the collapse of the monarchy and the Bolshevik revolution.
In the past decade, the US has reduced its emissions more than any other country, because the fracking revolution has allowed for inexpensive natural gas to replace coal in electricity generation, while preventing a price backlash against renewables.
In the United States, the shale-gas revolution, facilitated by the development of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”), has brought prices to their lowest levels since natural gas gained prominence after the oil crises of the 1970s.
Moreover, the anti-Mubarak revolution led to massive capital flight, which has halved the country’s currency reserves.
With the revolution now over, the world has heard little about how the country is rebuilding itself.
In short, far from leading some sort of worldwide Islamist revolution, the violent fanaticism of Al Qaeda and other organizations now resembles a repulsive, but manageable, form of ideological toxic waste.
It opened its markets and laid the foundations for globalization and the information revolution, kept sea-lanes open for international trade, and catalyzed the Green Revolution… The list goes on.
Fatima, a young woman from Mecca, sent me an email at the height of the Egyptian revolution: “Forget about the cries for freedom;I can’t even give birth without being accompanied to hospital by a mihrim (male guardian).”
Indeed, though the genomics revolution is just getting underway, it is becoming a transformative agent in the global economy – one that promises to bring far-reaching social and environmental benefits.
But health care is far from the only area influenced by the genomics-driven revolution.
Clearly, China’s export-driven, manufacturing-based industrial revolution has enabled it to accumulate substantial domestic wealth.
Indeed, since the industrial revolution, the development of such new urban areas is a central theme in the history of the world.
With growth in non-traditional sources of energy – particularly the “shale revolution,” which drove a near-doubling in US production, to almost ten million barrels per day, in just four years – the Saudi-led OPEC oil cartel has less influence on market prices.
Despite the encouragement of Iran’s civil nuclear program by the US, Britain, Germany, and France, they all ultimately reneged on their contractual commitments after our revolution in 1979.
Iran Encounters ObamaWASHINGTON, DC – Since its Islamist revolution of 1979, Iran’s hardline leadership has relentlessly painted America as a racist, bloodthirsty power bent on oppressing Muslims worldwide.
Or does he believe that enmity toward the US is necessary to retain the ideals of the revolution and the legitimacy of the Islamic Republic?
That is also the conundrum of US policy in the Middle East in the midst of ongoing revolution.
Its revolution in 1789 initiated a long period of profound instability, featuring two empires, three monarchies, and five republics.
At 54 years old, the current Fifth Republic is the second longest-lasting regime since the revolution.
“We never saw a revolution here,” he said a few months ago, withholding his name for fear of losing his job.
The plight of Egypt’s public schools is a critical indicator of how Egypt’s revolution has failed its people.
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