The unrest spreading throughout the Arab world will have significant economic implications for the region.
Arab moderation should address all issues of concern to Arab citizens, including reform, rather than focusing on a single issue, like the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Demand for change in the Middle East and North Africa has been building for years, as youth unemployment plagued countries across the region and citizens felt their governments were not being held accountable for growing socio-economic problems.
In order to avert a possible uprising, Morocco must undertake a number of reforms to create more balanced power sharing between the executive, legislative, and judicial authorities and to guarantee more rights and equality for Moroccans.
As protests continue to grow in the Middle East, Yemen, Jordan, Syria, and Bahrain are now threatened by the wave of discontent.
As Arab populations angered by social injustice take to the streets, their governments are trying to buy their way out of trouble with promises of reform and wage rises.
While the removal from power of Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak were historic moments for the entire Arab world, the old regimes in Tunisia and Egypt are still fighting to retain as much power and control as they can.
The EU's approach to economic development in North Africa has been handicapped by a failure to focus on private-sector development and a refusal to open its markets to agricultural exports from the region.
The unemployment rate in the Arab region is one of the highest in the world and Arab governments need to institute political and socioeconomic reforms in order to counter the negative effects of youth unemployment in their countries.
Washington has an opportunity to rethink its policies and help Arab countries start real, but gradual, political reform. This would help create stability, peace, and democracy — all at the same time.