DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES—The small Persian Gulf kingdom of Dubai appears to be an oasis in a region aflame. Civil war consumes Syria and threatens to spark conflict in Lebanon. The fighting has sharpened Iraq’s violent sectarian divide and could draw in Israel.
Post-revolution Egypt, Libya and Tunisia stagger along while Kuwait confronts potentially violent divisions. The Sunni monarchy in Bahrain holds the Shia majority in check with the assistance of Saudi Arabia, which faces a generational power transfer. In Iran the Islamic establishment is divided. Even Turkey, long seen as a stable democracy friendly to the West, has been inundated with protests.
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