The revolutionary dynamic which took root in the Arab world during the winter of 2010-2011 has only endured in five countries, with each one displaying a highly specific and divergent landscape: revolution with transition in Tunisia; revolution without transition in Libya; a counter-revolutionary coup in Egypt; failed transition in Yemen, and counter-revolution with annihilation in Syria. This implacable clash between revolution and counter-revolution annuls superficial analyses on an "Arab Spring".
Revolution, dictatorship, transition, democracy.