Politicians and media outlets have pointed to the initial uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt as catalysts for protest movements developing in other areas of the Middle East. But UCLA professors say it is a mistake to consider all of these rebellions as a homogenous democratization movement. "We can't really look at this as an undifferentiated wave of democratization that's taking place across the Middle East, or particularly the Arab Middle East. Read more...

A final decision regarding a law on California greenhouse gas emission reduction will likely come in the next few weeks. The Cailfornia Global Warming Solutions Act, also known as Assembly Bill 32, aims to reduce carbon emmisions to 1990 levels by 2020. Read more...