{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/8becc71b-c3c4-477e-89aa-eb815c343eb9/5bba0130-1f31-423a-858d-db1ca44ec8dd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Lessons From The Arab Spring","description":"<p>Sir John Jenkins, formerly the UK's ambassador to Iraq, Libya and Saudi Arabia, joins Emily Tamkin in Washington DC and Ido Vock in Berlin to look at the decade that's passed since the Arab Spring, and what lessons have been learnt in both the region and the wider international community.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Further reading:</strong></p><p>Sir John Jenkins' piece,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/world/middle-east/2021/02/lights-failed\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The lights that failed</a>, discusses why the cause of liberal democracy collapsed in the Middle East.</p><p>BBC Middle East Editor, Jeremy Bowen, has written for the&nbsp;<em>New Statesman</em>&nbsp;to explore&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/world/middle-east/2021/02/how-dream-arab-spring-died\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">how the dream of the Arab Spring died</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>We'd love to hear from you! </strong>Send us your You Ask Us questions at&nbsp;<a href=\"http://youaskus.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">youaskus.co.uk</a>. Find us on Twitter: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/idvck\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@idvck</a> and <a href=\"https://twitter.com/emilyctamkin\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@emilyctamkin</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribing to the New Statesman helps us keep producing this podcast. You can now subscribe for 12 weeks for just £12. Visit <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/subscribe12\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">newstatesman.com/subscribe12</a></p><p><br></p><p>More audio from the New Statesman: listen to our twice-weekly UK politics podcast <a href=\"https://play.acast.com/s/newstatesman/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The New Statesman podcast</em></a></p><p><br></p><p>If you are a&nbsp;New Statesman&nbsp;digital subscriber you can get ad-free access to this podcast by visiting&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.newstatesman.com/nssubscribers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">newstatesman.com/nssubscribers</a>.</p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}