In recent months, a familiar phrase has crept into commentary about South Asia’s turmoil: a new Arab Spring. The comparison is tempting. Just as the Arab uprisings a decade ago toppled rulers in ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab women played a central role in the Arab Spring, but their hopes the revolts would bring greater freedom and expanded rights for women have been thwarted by entrenched ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Steven Heydemann, Middle East Studies director at Smith College, about how Syria might avoid replicating Arab countries that are worse off after overthrowing dictators.