That being said, what are the lessons from these recent revolts? Not just for the general public and particularly to the youth but also to other similar regimes, and other players such as the US, EU, and Multinational Institutions? Let me just drop a couple of signs similar regimes should note:

1. They should carefully read the writing on the wall before it is too late! Mubarak was appearing in control and denied himself of so many opportunities and ignored calls from around the world. He could have stepped down if he read the writing on the wall but he failed miserably. His counterparts around the world begged him to consider his legacy and respond the request of the people genuinely. Just a couple of hours ago, he had the mic and the opportunity to acknowledge the writing on the wall but he spoiled it. He tried to hang on till the last minutes. Rather than humbling himself and quit with dignity, he was not even there to say bye. He left like a thief. By the way, our past leaders had the same problem; they couldn’t read the writing on the wall and they departed regrettably, to say the least. Think about the opportunities Haile Sellasie and Mengistu missed? We would have been in a better position as a nation than where we are right now. Unfortunately, am not sure whether the contemporary leaders learn from history or recent happenings from a couple of thousands of miles away from the Capital.
2. They should understand that the need and aspiration of the 21st C generation is totally different than the past century. It takes change in the style and approach of leaders if they desire to lead and remain relevant to the contemporary generation. Trying to play games, manipulations, and intimidations, and the use of power and media may work to scare but few and for awhile. A regime from any corner cannot scare and fend off a generation and the righteous wind. Maybe in the past and in the 60’s, 70’s and even in the early first century. The new breed demands respect, transparency, and responsiveness, and liberty.  Mubarak and his team were out of touch about the movement and tried to stop a movement using the old tricks of killing, jailing, and intimidating here and there. The 21st C generation needs leaders who serve its aspiration, desire, and needs more than bread and pay checks. The old days are gone!
3. They should read that the global system has changed and starts to stop harboring misdeeds of corrupt leaders. In the past, there were so many factors that favored authoritarian and autocratic leadership to robe their own people. A few elites could be able to amass wealth, abuse power, and use that to suppress the mass. Millions starve while few wash themselves with luxury and store money they won’t live to enjoy- what a greed!? Now, it seems, though in its infancy, the rule of the game is changing before the contemporary leaders get used to it. Corruption is taken as one of the worst enemy of the world wherever it appears. It is the source of all ills we experience around the world. The Swiss Bank immediately freezed the assets of Mubarak. In two separate occasions, Attorney General of the most powerful country in the world the US- Eric Holder and one of the influential nations in Europe Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany denounced greedy politicians and vowed to take measures that include freezing their assets.
4. They should sense that there is a growing sense of unity and collaboration at the global stage and among world citizens where the new cyber-generation understood that one nation or continent cannot remain heaven while the rest of the world is in hell. We start to understand slowly but surely that our destiny as humans is highly tied up. Poverty, terrorism, disease, dictatorship, environmental degradation, corruption in one corner of the world definitely affects communities and nations in another corner. There is no safe heaven insulted from what is happening in the rest of the world. That is why the new breed started to expose the wrong doings of politicians on the cyber space and there seems determination to fight wrong doings wherever they show up. It looks like there is no hiding place as the world is further becoming one and united through globalization and Internet. Media are now exposing crimes and atrocities to the world that pressurize powerful nations’ leaders to act and side with the mass. That was the role of the social media and Al Jazeera in the peaceful and successful revolt in Egypt. The rule of the game is changed and the fight against the above troubles in one corner and in one country gets attention by the new global citizens.  
5. And more…