Developments in the Middle East — first the removal of long-time Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011 and now Hosni Mubarak’s stepping down in Egypt — suggest that authoritarian regimes in the region are not immune to “people power.” To forestall unrest, Jordan’s King Abdullah II removed his cabinet, and Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh has committed to leave at the end of his term.