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The Middle East's Mediterranean capitals, such as Cairo and Beirut, used to encourage what little progressive political thinking occurred in the region. ----. That could be changing. While Egyptians, Syrians and other Western Arabs are chafing under nondemocratic governments, the Gulf could be moving towards a uniquely Arab style of democracy.
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Qatar's democratic system, which is still in the making, is due to the efforts of its progressive emir and not a radical movement |
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In the next decade, the smaller Gulf Arab kingdoms may turn into the vanguard of progress, reform and democratization in Arab world |
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In fact, the easygoing prosperity of the Gulf states is a pleasant climate for change |
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Qatar is so rich in gas revenues that it does not tax its people, and yet provides them with efficient social services |
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The Gulf kingdoms, by contrast, used to be regarded as politically crude: tribal, conservative and lacking in basic civic freedoms |