In a master lecture at the Institute of World Politics IWP, Professor Walid Phares projected the state of the Arab Spring for 2013. Phares, who has been teaching Middle East studies since 1992 in Florida and Washington and who has authored a dozen books on the region in multiple languages, has published the only book that predicted the Arab Spring of 2011, before it happened, that is in 2010. The title of the book is 'The Coming Revolution: Struggle for Freedom in the Middle East". Professor Phares serves as an advisor to the US Congress and to members of the European Parliament since 2008 and briefs US and European Governments on Terrorism, ideologies and conflicts. In his IWP lecture Phares demonstrated that the West in general and the US in particular were not prepared to project the Arab Spring. They failed to see it coming and they are failing in identifying the positive forces of the upheavals. Worse, Phares argued, the US is partnering with the Muslim Brotherhood and unable to contain the Iranian regime with the current sanctions. Phares projected trends for Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, the Sahel, Sudan, Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon for 2013. This lecture is a trend analysis aimed at providing guiding thoughts for students, faculty, diplomats, media, lawmakers and analysts. It also helps the public better understand the evolution of crises in the region.