We watch helplessly as our daily TV diet of violence shows Middle Eastern states such as Libya, Syria and Iraq descend into chaos, anarchy and tribal warfare. We try to make sense of events, as Islamist groups and “moderates” aim to establish supremacy in the region, to rebuild a society on what they hope will be the rubble of the old dictatorships. With groups such as ISIS and the Russian state backed forces of Assad, is this any kind of fertile ground for moderates to thriv