{"id":3479,"date":"2011-03-24T18:13:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T18:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brookings.alley.test\/research\/authoritarian-reaction-in-middle-east-challenges-american-policy\/"},"modified":"2022-09-06T15:30:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T15:30:30","slug":"authoritarian-reaction-in-middle-east-challenges-american-policy","status":"publish","type":"on-the-record","link":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/on-the-record\/authoritarian-reaction-in-middle-east-challenges-american-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Authoritarian Reaction in Middle East Challenges American Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Syria is the latest country in the Middle East to see its population arise as demonstrators demand reforms. Following deadly anti-government protests, Syria has promised to implement a series of radical measures. But as unrest and protests continue to spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brookings.alley.test\/experts\/shadi-hamid\/\">Shadi Hamid<\/a> says it\u2019s time for the U.S. to carefully consider its policies and actions in the region. And as the spirit of pan-Arab solidarity builds, and as authoritarian regimes push back, U.S. policy has to strike a balance between ideals and interests, he says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-3479","on-the-record","type-on-the-record","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/on-the-record\/3479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/on-the-record"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/on-the-record"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}