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this is To the Point. Does the Arab Spring have a future after all?

Hello again, I'm Aronalny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

It's been five years since popular uprisings toppled dictators in Egypt and other Arab countries, except in Tunisia,

democracy has not taken hold. Egypt's new military regime may be worse than the old one. Libya is

in chaos. Millions of Syrians are fleeing civil war. In 2011, diverse groups were able to

unify after years of repression, only to be divided again by their different interests and the

need for order. But revolutions take time. We'll talk with authors of two new books saying

it's premature to declare that the Arab Spring was a failure. Today's talking point, Cruz

and Kasich team up against Trump. First the nose.

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Hello again, Warren. I'll name back with To the Point. Five years later, the Arab Spring is more often called the Arab uprising. Instead of

producing new democracies, rebellions have led to renewed a repression in some places and chaos in

others. But we'll hear why it may be too soon to declare failure. Today's talking point,

Ted Cruz and John Kasich may be opponents, but they've found common ground in the effort to stop

Donald Trump from beating them to the Republican presidential nomination. We'll hear how they'll

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