The Price of Decay in Arab World

For the last few weeks, a massive wave of protests has been rocking Tunisia over the Ben Ali regime's alleged corruption, authoritarianism, and economic failings.   A grisly suicide attack on a Coptic Christian Church in Alexandria on New Years Day has sparked escalating worries about the state of Christian-Muslim relations in Egypt.   Over the last few days,  Jordanian security forces have struggled to put down riots in the southern town of Maan, the latest in an increasingly worrisome trend towards local violence and clashes.  Kuwaiti politics continue to be roiled by the fallout from the December 8 attack by security forces against law professor Obaid al-Wasimi and a group of academics and Parliamentarians.    What do these have in common?