In short, much of the Middle East and the Sahel are locked in a vicious cycle of environmental degradation, economic failure, and Islamist extremism. The question is how to break out of it.
总之，环境恶化、经济失败和伊斯兰极端主义恶性循环正在中东和萨赫勒的大部分地区发生着。问题是如何打破它。