00798nas a2200133   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002100001700043245004300060856007100103300001000174490000700184520047300191       2015                            d1 aTarek Masoud00aHas The Door Closed on Arab Democracy?  uhttps://research.hks.harvard.edu/publications/getFile.aspx?Id=1135  a74-870 v263 aIn the aftermath of the Arab Spring, democracy in the Arab world seems farther away today than at any point in the last 25 years, leaving one to conclude that the answer to the question posed in this special anniversary issue of the Journal—“Is Democracy in Decline?”—is, at least in the case of the Arab world, a resounding, even deafening, yes. If democracy is to ever arrive in the region, it will likely be through an evolutionary and elite-driven process.