Colonel Gadaffi is no more. Tunisians have chosen their first freely-elected representatives in parliament. Egyptians are poised to follow them to the polls later this month, selecting delegates to draft a new constitution.

The Arab Spring may not be over in all countries - with the Syrian government continuing to crack down on protesters and Bahrain's Shia minority still unsettled after military intervention crushed their protests earlier this year - but the Middle East and north Africa region is entering a new stage.