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This has been the awakening of the Middle East to democracy
By: FISCHER JOSCHKA
today will raise huge task, says Fischer.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
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After the overthrow of the 30 years of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, in the heart of the Middle East, the shock became a certainty. Middle East has awakened and begun to enter the twenty-first century global world. So far, the region (with the exceptions of Israel and Turkey) had been more or less out of the process of global modernization.
is not yet clear whether imposed the democratic awakening of the Arab world and Islam in general, or just be changes in the elite authoritarian regimes, whether this will lead to a stable order or chaos and radicalization. However, there is no doubt that he has come to an end the era in which this vast region was sleeping while others were modernized.
Of course, the popular revolt will continue. Virtually no country in the region will escape it, although there is no certainty about when and where the next eruption occurs. After Libya, Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia are candidates.
The wave will not stop
Israel also would do well to prepare for the changing times in the region and try to reach peace deals with Palestinians and Syrians as soon as possible. However, there are few indications that the Israeli government has the vision needed for such an undertaking.
The problems are the same almost everywhere: political repression, economic underdevelopment and high levels of poverty (with the exception of the smaller oil states), lack of education, high unemployment and huge population pressures, due to very young population and growing.
This situation was exacerbated by the incompetence of the authoritarian regimes in the region, who have been unable to offer its young people no prospect beyond the repression. It was only a matter of time before this barrel of gunpowder exploded.
detonators were the new information technologies of the Internet and satellite TV like Al Jazeera. In fact, an irony of history is that it was the American hard power, as used, for example, in the war in Iraq, which promoted the democratic revolution, but rather its soft power: Twitter and Facebook. Apparently, Silicon Valley has more power than the Pentagon.
Whatever like what happened in Tahrir Square, Cairo has to May 1968 in Paris and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, it would be premature to proclaim that freedom has triumphed. Depend largely on how the West responds now, because what is at stake is not only the overthrow of tyrants, but also the profound transformation and modernization of entire societies and economies. This is a huge task.
Whatever like what happened in Tahrir Square, Cairo has to May 1968 in Paris and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, it would be premature to proclaim that freedom has triumphed. Depend largely on how the West responds now, because what is at stake is not only the overthrow of tyrants, but also the profound transformation and modernization of entire societies and economies. This is a huge task.
Compared with Eastern Europe in 1989, the Middle East in 2011 has no external stabilization structures such as NATO and the U. Europe, which could influence the internal reforms through the perspective to be part of them. The efforts for this great transformation must come from within these societies and, in all likelihood, that's asking too much.
transformation of Eastern Europe after 1989 took much longer and was much more costly than initially anticipated. Many people saw their standard of living adversely affected during this process, and the organizers of the democratic revolution were not necessarily those that might promote democratic and economic development. And we also experience the "Orange Revolution" in Ukraine. in 2004, which failed years later because of the estrangement, incompetence and corruption of their leaders. Taken together, these limitations and analogies suggest that the West, especially Europe, should focus on long-term support for democratic and economic development of countries renewed the Middle East, and in close working relationships with all the forces that support the democratization and modernization of their countries. West can no longer continue its usual Realpolitik.
Generosity and action
These tasks require generosity both financial and other types (for example, the travel opportunities were of vital importance in strengthening the democratic aspirations of Eastern Europe after 1989) and require decades, not years, of persistence. In other words, success will be expensive, very expensive, it will not be popular in the current context of economic recession. But democracy does not translate into regular meals is a democracy doomed to failure.
economic aid, opening markets in the EU and the U.S.. UU., Strategic energy projects, legal and constitutional advice and cooperation between universities among the resources that the West should be provided if you wish to contribute to the success of the democratic awakening O. East.
dawn If this fails, there will be a radicalization in the region. No return to status quo ante. The genie is out of the bottle.
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---------------------------------- - * Joschka Fischer was foreign minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. © Project Syndicate 1995-2011
women, stars of the Arab revolution
By: Editorial eltiempo.com
" Women have been and still are actors of the revolutions in the region and are physically present in the street en masse, which is essential
, Nadim estimated Hury, a research organization defending the rights Human
, Nadim estimated Hury, a research organization defending the rights Human
Human Rights Watch (HRW)
.
" is a sign of hope " he added, stressing that women "would have to be protagonists in the new institutions that arise from these revolutions." In shirts, jeans or dressed in black, tens of thousands of women have participated in demonstrations in Tunis, Cairo, Manama and Sana'a against the regimes in these countries (This has been the awakening Middle East to democracy) .
In Bahrain, where thousands of protesters, mostly Shiites, calling the fall of the Sunni dynasty of the Al Khalifa, the 
women have expressed with their traditional abayas, forming a black mass in the middle of the crowd as men and women separately parade. In countries like Libya
or
Yemen, women broke with certain social norms to demonstrate or talk openly in front of the cameras.
Women "played an important role in the initiation" of the revolution, considered Tawakul Karman, a militant Yemeni President Ali Abdullah opposite Saleh."The revolution seeks to overthrow the regime, but also has overcome archaic traditions, including the fact that women have to stay in their homes without being involved in politics," he said. " is social revolution. The role that women can create a new society. In Yemen, thanks to the revolution, women occupy a better place " he said.
Many women also took the floor forInternet. Thus, Asthma is considered Mahfouz, an Egyptian girl whose video urging manifest was very successful and played an important role in the initiation of the mobilization against former President Hosni Mubarak. " Anyone who thinks that women do not have to demonstrate that acting like a man dares to go out with me on January 25 ", launched this militant veil in the video.
In Saudi Arabia, where, for now, there has been no mass movement, begin to appear online pseudonyms women who express their opposition. "I call on the Saudis to act now.Our Saudi brothers betrayed us because they are cowards, "he wrote SaudiWomenRevolution. Although still unknown how future systems will set policy in the region, the surveys reveal political discontent, but also social, many analysts stress.
BEIRUT AFP Saudi Arabia: "There is enough oil in spite of the crisis in Libya" Source: BBCMundo. The largest world oil producer, Saudi Arabia, said world oil supplies remain sufficient to meet demand, despite the loss of production caused by the crisis in Libya.
Some estimates indicate that the Libyan production has fallen by more than half.
However, Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said in remarks to the state news agency his country, that the increase in world prices is due more to speculation that some fundamental failure in delivery.
The official said Saudi Arabia has traditionally been committed with market stability and is willing to offer up to three and a half million additional barrels a day.
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