North Africa and Central Asia seem to share the same ills: dictatorships, widespread corruption, poverty, high youth unemployment, total media control and very limited political space for any opposition. No wonder the initial thrust of the Arab Spring in
Pepe Escobar, "New great game," The news. 2012-07-27.Keywords: Political science , Political process , International issues , International relations , Military-United States , Democracy , Sergei Lavrov , Africa , Iran , China , Chicago , Afghanistan , Russia , United States , Pakistan , Turkey , NDN , SCO