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In Europe, that difference stems from two revolutions, one peaceful and wealth-enhancing (1688 in England), and the other violent and destructive (1789 in France).
But its nascence follows a pattern: revolutions in science tend to come from completely unexpected places.
Exit-driven venture capital might be appropriate for gadgets; but technological revolutions have historically required patient, committed public financing.
New World, Less OrderLooking back to the revolutions that shook Europe and the world 15 years ago this month, we should rejoice in what has been gained - freedom, democracy, and transcendence of Europe's 40-year division.
The first two industrial revolutions were built on machines produced by great inventors in glorified barns and bought by cunning entrepreneurs who demanded property rights over the income stream “their” machines generated.
Today, the revolutions rocking much of the Muslim world are bedeviled by Islam’s military past.
There are differences, of course, but the upheavals’ sweeping and contagious nature is strongly similar to that of the revolutions that brought communism to an end in Europe.
While the yearning for dignity, freedom of expression, and real democratic participation was the driving force underlying the Arab revolutions, economic discontent played a vital role, and economic factors will help to determine how the transition in the Arab world unfolds.
But the revolutions of 2011 demonstrated that a strong sense of identity, a common language, and much shared history bind Arabs together, despite huge differences in natural-resource endowments, political circumstances, and average per capita incomes.
The revolutions of 2011 are a historic opportunity for all Arabs.
Information revolutions are not new.
Economic historians point to financial revolutions as setting the stage for strong economic development in England (in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, following the Glorious Revolution), in the United States (after Alexander Hamilton in the 1790’s built up major financial structures in a primarily agricultural country), and in Japan (after the Meiji Restoration).
At the same time, the pressure of the Arab revolutions is transforming the Palestinians into a dynamic political factor.
I do not sympathize with this group, but I do understand that non-voters expect only one thing of Germany’s political parties these days: “practically the same”The Arab Spring’s Backward Leap for WomenCAIRO – This summer, as the dust of the Arab Spring revolutions begins to settle, women – who stood shoulder to shoulder with men in defying tyranny – are finding themselves marginalized and excluded from decision-making.
It was also a celebration of the sense of shared experience that defined the Tunisian revolution – and the many other historic protests and revolutions that erupted in 2011.
So these were not just political revolutions.
They were also revolutions of ideas – the globalization of protest as a strategy.
While there is no causal link between the Iraq war and the Arab revolutions that began in December 2010, their implications have combined in a malign manner.
And the regional destabilization triggered by the Arab revolutions is increasingly converging on Iraq, mainly via Syria and Iran.
Not surprisingly, they found themselves with no tools to deal with the Arab revolutions.
Arab States of UncertaintyMADRID – The revolutions that swept the Arab world during the last two years have exposed the extraordinary fragility of key Arab states.
For her revolution was the first of the wave of “velvet revolutions” that liberated countless millions from Manila to Seoul to Johannesburg to Prague, Warsaw and Moscow.
In both countries, early-nineteenth-century romantic nationalism gave way to a sober obsession with economic forces after the failed revolutions of 1848.
Indignation at the highhanded behavior of a corrupt police officer helped to drive a Tunisian fruit seller to set himself on fire in 2010, touching off revolutions across the Arab world.
The first fruits of these revolutions will not come next week or next year, so it is important not to raise public expectations unrealistically.
The first modern, democratic revolutions transferred power from monarchs to the "nation" or the "people."
First, the revolutions in the Arab world and NATO’s military intervention in Libya have refocused the alliance’s attention on the Middle East and Northern Africa.
In such countries, there may be “New Deals,” but no revolutions.
The End of an Era in FinanceCAMBRIDGE – In the world of economics and finance, revolutions occur rarely and are often detected only in hindsight.
Indeed, we are witnessing one of the most dramatic revolutions in modern history, and it is occurring almost unnoticed.
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