After more than five ades of independence from European colonialism, autocratic rulers have failed to meet the legitimate aspirations of the Arab people. In the aftermath of the Arab Spring of, what formative The Arab world (and the MENA region in general) tends to be perceived as a zone of instability where various wars, violent conflicts, and other upheavals are likelyThe The Arab Spring has yet to give way to the hoped-for glorious summer, but for Iran it has already turned into a ‘winter o