I've Always Believed The World Would Be

There Is No Substitute For Face-to-face Reporting And Research.

The Arab Awakening Has Been, Up To Now, A Lot About Freedom From Dictatorial Regimes - Syria, Yemen, Libya, Tunisia, Bahrain And Egypt. But Once You Got Freedom From, Then You Need Freedom To. Freedom From Is About Destroying Things. Freedom To Is About Constructing Things, Constructing The Rule Of Law.

The Arab World Had A Big Problem Of Frankly Venal Elites. That Is Why These Revolutions Happen, Because People Didn't Think The Opportunities Were Being Shared Fairly.

I Don't Think That Stability And The Status Quo Go Together At All, Not In A Flat World Where People Are Integrated, Where Women Are Assuming New Roles, Where Young People Want To Be Consulted And Participate. I Think The Trick Is To Open Up, Move Down The Path Of Reform, Do It In A Way That Is Consistent With Your Own Society's Stability And Culture, And Just Don't Think You Can Do Nothing.

It's Easy To Kind Of Say It's The Elite That's Putting You Down. Well, It Wasn't Really The Elite, Technology Will Do That.