A word about New Realities in an Old World from the author

I began writing New Realities in an Old World in 2004 with the primary hypothesis being that democracy is bound to emerge in the Arab World. This was not an ideologically imposed or driven argument. Rather, it was based on an objective study that found several dynamics in place including geopolitical, geoeconomic, geosocial, and technological- all pushing the region in that direction.

Over the next several years, I would continuously update the material in the book as new events unfolded in places such as Iraq and Lebanon and of course more recently in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen. The overall hypothesis, however, remained the same because facts on the ground continued to point to the same dynamics.

This blog will be sharing many of the arguments presented in the book. It will also provide insight into the analysis on which the book was based as well as insight into the author's thoughts of the events that are currently emerging and more importantly what is likely to happen beyond.