Likewise, the Arab Spring in 2011 was supposed to herald a new, more democratic future for the Middle East and North Africa. While Tunisia has averted disaster, most of the other affected countries have ended up mired in chaos, with Syria’s brutal civil war facilitating the rise of the Islamic State.
类似地，2011年的阿拉伯之春理应成为中东和北非更民主的新未来的先声。尽管突尼斯避免了灾难，但大部分其他受影响国家最终都陷入了混乱，而叙利亚的残酷内战更是助长了伊斯兰国的崛起。