Managing the Madness in the Middle East
The key to untangling this mess and creating a series of tactical and strategic responses is to understand one basic truth: There are spirals of violence here that come from below, from the street, and spirals that come from above, from the state. Responses by citizens must undercut the violent spiral and address separately the state and the street.
Marc Gopin, ContributorJames Laue Professor & Director of CRDC, George Mason University