CNN Fareed Zakaria GPS November 3, 2019 15:02:00
Things could spiral down there. they realized one seminal fact. the region was almost unique in having made no significant political, economic or social progress in decades. across the globe, communist regimes had collapsed, military hunters had disappeared and economic growth had transformed developing countries. but in the middle east, time had stood still, even moved backwards on some measures. this stagnation, many believed, was the atmosphere in which islamism and terrorism were able to grow and spread. in 20002, there was a report mae of political rights and social progress in much of th...