Examining the Arab Spring's uncertain future

Name: Examining the Arab Spring's uncertain future
Uploaded: 2014-01-10T02:12:51Z
Duration: P444S
Description: Marwan Muasher, the former deputy prime minister of Jordan, thinks it was too simplistic for the world to expect that the Arab Spring would so quickly evolve autocracies into democracies. Margaret Warner sits down with Muasher to discuss his new book, "The Second Arab Awakening: And the Battle for Pluralism."

Clip: 01/09/2014 | 7m 24s

Marwan Muasher, the former deputy prime minister of Jordan, thinks it was too simplistic for the world to expect that the Arab Spring would so quickly evolve autocracies into democracies. Margaret Warner sits down with Muasher to discuss his new book, "The Second Arab Awakening: And the Battle for Pluralism."

Aired: 01/09/14

Rating: NR

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