Barely a year after the self-immolation of a young fruit seller in Tunisia, a vast wave of popular protest has convulsed the Middle East, overthrowing long-ruling dictators and transforming the regionrsquos politics almost beyond recognition. But the biggest transformations of what has been labeled as the ldquoArab Springrdquo are yet to come.An insider to both American policy and the world of the Arab public, Marc Lynch shows that the fall of particular leaders is but the least of the changes that will emerge from months of unrest. The far-ranging implications of the rise of an interconnected and newly-empowered Arab populace have only begun to be felt. Young, frustrated Arabs now know that protest can work and that change is possible. They have lost their fearmdashmeanwhile their leaders, desperate to survive, have heard the unprecedented message that killing their own people will no longer keep them in power.
