The generational split within Egypt is evident: social mobilization has given young Egyptians valuable political experience, and this represents a key difference from the three decades of former President Hosni Mubarak’s rule. The same could be said of Syria, though the spiral there has been an unremittingly downward one, and any reversal remains blocked, particularly since the failure of the second round of peace negotiations in Geneva.
埃及内部的代际分歧是显而易见的：社会流动性给了埃及青年宝贵的政治经验，而这也构成了与前总统穆巴拉克三十年统治期的一个关键不同点。叙利亚也是如此，尽管叙利亚局势的螺旋毫无疑问是一个下降螺旋，任何反抗都遭到了镇压，特别是在日内瓦第二轮和平谈判失败后。