Where credit is due: the provenance of Middle East reform.

From: The National Interest | Date: June 22, 2005| Author: Bronson, Rachel | Copyright information

A SUDDEN burst of political activity has jolted the Middle East. Iraq's historic January 30 elections transpired with considerably less violence than predicted. Two weeks later, male citizens in Saudi Arabia went to the polls to vote in the Riyadh province's first ever municipal elections, followed by similar elections elsewhere in the country. In Lebanon, the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri galvanized massive protests against the Syrian occupation. In Palestine...

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