Morbid symptoms: relapse in the Arab uprising

Introduction : of revolutionary cycles and seasons

"Democratic transition" and revolutionary process

One revolution, two counter-revolutions

Syria : the clash of barbarisms

The abandonment of the Syrian people

The making of the Syrian disaster

The Assad regime's preferred enemy

Turkey's and the Gulf monarchies' preferred friends

The Syrian predicament

Russian intervention and Western wavering

Whither Syria?

Egypt : the "23 July" of Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi

How the Muslim Brotherhood's bid for power unfolded

Neither lion nor fox

Incensing the country

Enter Tamarrod

Nasserist illusions

The military's second hijacking of the people's will

The ruthless rise of Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi

The tailoring of Sisi's presidential suit

The farcical aspect of Egypt's tragedy

Neoliberal constancy

Megalomania and megaprojects

The military's takeover of Egypt

Whither Egypt?

Conclusion : "Arab winter" and hope

Libya and Yemen : two variations on the same tune

The Tunisian "model" and its limits

The Arab left and the strategic challenge.