In this week’s New Statesman: the new Middle East

John Pilger and Olivier Roy on Egypt’s revolt | Stanley Johnson: save our forests | Sadiq Khan on cl

In this week’s New Statesman we ask what the tumultuous events in the Middle East mean for the future of the region. In our cover story, Olivier Roy, a leading expert on political Islam, says that one thing is certain: the age of Arab-Muslim exceptionalism is over. Elsewhere, Jon Bernstein explains why Israel is so troubled by events in Egypt.

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George Eaton is the New Statesman's senior editor (politics). He writes the Morning Call political briefing three times a week and contributes columns, features, interviews and leaders.