speaking about the Arab spring, That would be incrediblly interesting ITTL, with both sides trying to push their influence in the middle east, It could turn into another cold war battleground with both the USA and the Communists pushing diffrent groups among the protestors or supporting the regimes. that would be very interesting to say the least.You would be surprised. The Arab Spring was coordinated primarily via the Internet, and brought down a number of governments throughout the Middle East. Who's to say a similar "spring" wouldn't eventually occur in, say, Central Asia? The Baltics?