WALTER RUSSELL MEAD: Last Domino Standing. “Embattled Syria aside, Algeria is the last of the secular Arab authoritarian governments still standing. . . . Algeria is even more critical to the stability and prosperity of the Mediterranean than Libya. It is a major source of immigrants to the former colonial power (France — and many educated Algerians speak French to this day), and what happens in Algeria will often spill over onto the streets of France.”