Second, the upheavals threaten to leave Israel more isolated.

And social upheavals that involve uneducated masses cannot solve problems.

Yet Turkey has made remarkable strides in the midst of regional upheavals.

There is also a real possibility of major upheavals in both Bahrain and Jordan.

When Obama discussed the Arab political upheavals, he noted the importance of economic development.

And it is a region now experiencing what could prove to be historic domestic political upheavals.

The protests by artists, intellectuals and opposition politicians that followed were the biggest political upheavals since 1989.

A similar challenge now faces North Africa and the Middle East, where most Arab countries are experiencing massive upheavals.

The political upheavals of 1999 2000 resulted in a new democratic constitution that became an invitation to civil war.

Climate shocks such as the fierce El Nino of 1997 98 played a major role in recent economic upheavals.

The Arab Spring upheavals have given rise to grave new challenges to cultural and religious diversity in the Middle East.

In the twentieth century, Russia set an unquestionable record for all sorts of upheavals and social experiments that attracted the world s attention.

The upheavals in Tunis and Cairo were first called the Arab Spring, because they seemed to be contained to the Arab world.

Insurance claims against natural disasters rose to unprecedented levels during the 1990s, suggesting that the social costs of environmental upheavals have intensified.

NM There have been numerous examples of blocking of social networking sites and mobile communication during elections and upheavals in the region.

The upheavals of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars produced great uncertainty, but they also produced business dynasties such as the Rothschilds.

Conspiracy theories are not new in the Arab region, and with the current upheavals they are unlikely to go away any time soon.

TV journalists rebelled, occupying the station's newsroom. The protests by artists, intellectuals and opposition politicians that followed were the biggest political upheavals since 1989.

Israel, which is facing a surge of hostile sentiment among its neighbors in the wake of their democratic upheavals, is not the only interested party.

If so, then Hollywood s cartoon like caricatures of evil multinational corporations may some day seize mainstream consciousness, leading to political upheavals that shatter today s social contract.

Upheavals in the Arab world suggest that no regime in the Middle East is entrenched Iran s leaders would have to be blind not to have taken note.

The story of a possible US default is resonant in precisely this way, implicating as it does America s sense of pride, fragile world dominance, and political upheavals.

And, with the Kurdish problem as alive as ever, the Turks also know only too well that upheavals in neighboring countries can spill over into Turkey itself.

The real test is a political system's ability to survive the inevitable cyclical downturns, political shocks or social upheavals that almost inevitably challenge a country, particularly developing ones.

While Annan has been trying his diplomatic best to resolve Syria s crisis, upheavals in Senegal, Mali, Malawi, and Guinea Bissau have been swiftly addressed by other regional powers.

The rest of the speech was even more revealing, though it drew little public notice. When Obama discussed the Arab political upheavals, he noted the importance of economic development.

Similarly, Keynes watched in horror as economic policymakers blundered repeatedly in the years following WWI, through the upheavals of the 1920s, and into the Great Depression of the 1930s.

She first loses her husband in the 1979 Revolution, then her son in the Iran Iraq war, and then other relatives who becomes victims of various social and political upheavals.

Egypt is entering a new era. But the radical policy upheavals predicted by analysts will prove to be small tremors. Saudi interests will continue to weigh heavily on Egyptian foreign policy.

Egypt is entering a new era. But the radical policy upheavals predicted by analysts will prove to be small tremors. Saudi interests will continue to weigh heavily on Egyptian foreign policy.

Still more people, however, saw these demonstrations as additional, unnecessary upheavals, occurring just as it seemed the provisional government had restored a modicum of stability to the country as a whole.

The single currency was conceived as an answer to the upheavals of the postwar period double digit inflation, high unemployment, and speculative attacks on the pound, the lira, and the French franc.

The road to democracy has always been rocky look at a century of upheavals in Europe and the difficulties the US faced when dealing with slavery and the rights of its black population.

Of course, all the partial modernizers in China, Russia, Vietnam, and other countries share a fear of colored revolutions, the non violent upheavals that brought democracy to Georgia, Ukraine, and Lebanon in recent years.

During a recent trip with Ban to Egypt and Tunisia, I watched in awe as he deftly backed the democratic changes underway in those two countries while simultaneously dealing with many other upheavals in the region.

As in the Middle East, each of these upheavals reflected the willingness of many people to risk their lives and livelihoods to topple a corrupt government that could or would not generate opportunity and prosperity for them.

However, this division was far from absolute, and in the nineteenth century, Western Europe, Central Europe, and Russia were closely linked as a united cultural and economic space, which grew and developed despite religious diversity and political upheavals.

For reasons of convenience, they often extrapolate present technical and societal trends and assume they will develop at the same rate into the future but technical progress and social upheavals, in reality, take place in fits and starts and in different areas at different rates.

Climate shocks such as the fierce El Nino of 1997 98 played a major role in recent economic upheavals. Indonesia and Ecuador, among other countries, succumbed to financial crises in 1997 98 that were linked (in part) to agricultural crises caused by the severe El Nino.

Historically, the resilience of family firms was rooted in the fact that they were good at managing trust when other institutions the state or the market were shaky. The upheavals of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars produced great uncertainty, but they also produced business dynasties such as the Rothschilds.

Looking beyond the Middle East, Africa provides the best evidence for a geopolitics based as much on regional powers and institutions as on traditional great powers. While Annan has been trying his diplomatic best to resolve Syria s crisis, upheavals in Senegal, Mali, Malawi, and Guinea Bissau have been swiftly addressed by other regional powers.