In the Middle East and the Maghreb, this external factor is missing; democratic change must come from within each society. Tunisia shows that no government that has lost its legitimacy and is supported only by bayonets is sustainable in the long term.
而中东和马格里布并不存在这样的外部因素，因此民主改革必须来源于社会的内部。 突尼斯革命表明没有哪个丧失合法性的政府能够长期依靠刺刀来维持自己的统治。