The post-American Middle East
The Middle East has served as a setting for the grand narratives of American imperial power for generations. Empire examines the complications that shape Washington's Middle East doctrine following the Arab Spring.
More from 2012
Episode 1
Tunisia: A revolutionary model?
A year after the Jasmine Revolution, can the country's new government ... herald a return to narrow, sectarian rule or consensual leadership?
Episode 2
Egypt: The promise and perils of revolution
With so much still undecided, did Egypt experience a popular uprising, Islamic revolution or military coup?
Episode 3
Syria on the brink
As global and regional powers fight their own battles, will Syria's revolution succeed before the country falls apart?
Episode 4
Putin's Russia
As Vladimir Putin won a third term as president, we ask if Russia can become a superpower once again.
Episode 5
Europe: To Be or Not To Be
As Europe's crisis worsens without any solution in sight is a shift in political power a sign of hope on the horizon?
Episode 6
Egypt: A second republic?
After the first truly democratic elections in a generation, will Egypt become a secular, religious, or military state?
