Deputy Editorial Page EditorThe images of mass protests in Arab capitals, where demonstrators are demanding that corrupt and aging rulers step down, may look anachronistic. Wasn’t the Arab Spring a few years ago? In Morocco, a big rally for teachers a few weeks ago ended with chants to “end the dictatorship.”This is not, at least yet, a second Arab Spring. Tunisia, the only country to emerge from the Arab Spring as a democracy, is plagued with strikes and demonstrations. It follows that, if there is another Arab Spring, President Trump will be one of the losers.

Source: Washington Post March 17, 2019 23:37 UTC