埃及和沙特阿拉伯政府（在某种程度上，摩洛哥政府也是如此）可谓阿拉伯国家体制无力摆脱独裁陷阱的最佳写照 — — 即使目前的局势表明又一场群众觉醒就在眼前。
The governments of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and, to some extent, Morocco, epitomize Arab regimes’ seeming inability to escape the autocracy trap – even as current circumstances suggest that another popular awakening is imminent.