Democracy promoters, on the Left and Right, are forgetting something. 
Contrary to conventional wisdom, Steven Cook argues this week at TPMCafe’s Book Club, much of the Middle East is and will remain quite stable. The overlooked factor? Powerful military institutions and traditions that bolster authoritarian regimes in countries like Turkey, Egypt and Algeria.
Joining him in the Book Club to debate this thesis will be Jason Brownlee, Yasemin Congar, Michele Dunne, Mona Yacoubian and Jon Alterman.
