Bloomberg’s Lara Setrakian on Mideast Uprisings, Arab Satellite TV, and the Next Regimes to Fall

On a brief visit to the U.S. after weeks covering Tahrir Square, Bloomberg’s ace news correspondent in the Mideast, Lara Setrakian, reflects on the heroic moments she has witnessed in Egypt, the protests that have gripped the entire region, the inspirational effect of Al Jazeera and other Arab satellite television stations, the efforts of Western ...

By , the founder and managing partner of FutureMap.

On a brief visit to the U.S. after weeks covering Tahrir Square, Bloomberg’s ace news correspondent in the Mideast, Lara Setrakian, reflects on the heroic moments she has witnessed in Egypt, the protests that have gripped the entire region, the inspirational effect of Al Jazeera and other Arab satellite television stations, the efforts of Western media to crack the Arabic market, and which Arab regimes will fall next.

Parag Khanna is the founder and managing partner of FutureMap. His most recent book is MOVE: The Forces Uprooting Us. Twitter: @paragkhanna

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