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Emily Leede / The Dartmouth
Although the Arab Spring marks the end of the stability of secular authoritarian regimes in the Middle East, new revolts are unlikely to arise beyond the six countries that have already experienced serious rebellions, University of Vermont political science professor Gregory Gause said in a Tuesday lecture in Filene Auditorium in front of an audience primarily composed of local residents.
At the event, "The Arab Spring: One Year Later," Gause addressed the five most important questions about the Arab Spring: why experts failed to predict the revolts, why it affected some countries but not others, whether it has ended, whether the revolts were also an Islamist Spring and how the rebellions will affect American interests in the region.
"The questions will be better than the answers because this is a moving target," he said, citing presidential elections in Egypt that will occur this week as an example of the political developments still occurring in the region.
Experts failed to predict the outbreak of popular revolt that began in Tunisia at the end of 2010.