Five years on from Arab Spring, instability continues

FRENCH President Francois Hollande said recently that "the attacks on Islamic State will be intensified" in December following his meetings with US President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and UK Prime Minister David Cameron. What could now be a pivotal period for the military campaign in Syria comes on the fifth anniversary of the beginnings of the so-called Arab Spring.

Starting in Tunisia…