After the Arab Spring: The Struggle for Democracy in the New Middle East

What if our common assumptions about the Middle East are wrong? Is the region simply experiencing democratic growing pains, or are its sectarian divisions intractable? Join the World Affairs Council in a moderated conversation with Steven A. Cook, an Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), where his expertise will touch on the consequences of Erdogan’s recent actions and where we find ourselves six years from the Arab Spring.