Wednesday brought additional fighting in Libya, protests in Syria and a state of emergency in Yemen as unrest continues to roil entrenched regimes across the Middle East and North Africa.
Having already toppled dictatorships in Tunisia and Egypt, the so-called Jasmine Revolution has ?got a long way to go,? says Robert Powell, Mid-East analyst for The Economist Intelligence Unit. ?The aims of the protests are extremely difficult for entrenched regimes to meet; there?s very little middle ground.?
In the accompanying video, Powell and I discuss where the movement is likely to spread next, the U.S.?s inconsistent ? and arguably hypocritical -- response, Iran?s role in Bahrain as well as the current situation in Egypt.
We also discuss the potential for unrest in Saudi Arabia, the scenario about which Powell says ?markets are terrified.?
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