The “Chinese option” – economic rights and prosperity in exchange for public quiescence – is not feasible, owing to these regimes’ ineptness and rampant corruption. As a result, their inability to reform, combined with rapid population growth and a rising cohort of young people, is placing them under pressure, creating a possibility of explosive change.
更有甚者，阿拉伯世界的民族主义政权早已蜕变为军事独裁统治，并在很久以前就已经失去了民众的支持。 由于专制政权的无能和腐败现象猖獗，这里并不适用以公众沉默换取经济权利和市场繁荣的“中国模式”。 结果是专制政权在改革中的无能，加之人口迅速增长和年轻人数量激增，为独裁统治带来了巨大的压力，并使爆发式的变革成为可能。