Jerusalem Post: Egypt's Constitutional Crisis: Military Versus Islamists
Hillel Frisch discusses how Egypt can avoid a civil war as the conflict over constitutional reform persists.
Hillel Frisch discusses how Egypt can avoid a civil war as the conflict over constitutional reform persists.
Nate Wright discusses the challenges faced by youth parties in Egypt, fighting for political space in the fast-approaching elections.
Ursula Lindsey compares and contrasts the democratic transitions of Tunisia and Egypt, pointing out the challenges facing Egypt as Tunisian elections progress smoothly.
Yasmine El Rashidi examines why many Egyptians consider the violence surrounding the "Bloody Sunday" Coptic march as a dark turning point in the country's bid to build an inclusive democratic society.
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The New York Review of Books' Yasmine El Rashidi explores the ascendant role of Islamists in post-revolutionary Egyptian politics and society.
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In a piece for the Weekly Standard, Ellen Bork writes that Washington needs to revive its relations with Cairo in order to reignite the transition from dictatorship to democracy that has stalled in Egypt since Mubarak ceded power more than three months ago.
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Regional analyst Issandr El Amrani discusses the reasons for electoral dithering in post-revolutionary Egypt and Tunisia.
In this article in the National Interest, Walter Laqueur writes that despite the ideal revolution, this generation will not witness the fairy-tale ending owed to the Egyptian people.
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Despite Egypt being the model of "durable authoritarianism” Husni Mubarak's regime fell in a matter of weeks. Mona El-Ghobashy believes that the country may transform itself into a model of revolution.
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For over a half-century the Egyptian government has sold cut-rate wheat flour to bakeries for the production of bread. Many Egyptians rely on this subsidy, but in the face of a looming global food crisis, the program may cost billions of dollars for the new Cairo leadership.
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The latest report from the International Crisis Group, analyses the many challenges that lie ahead for Egypt, a country that now needs to combine functioning, stable institutions with genuine political and socio-economic transformation.
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George Friedman details the recent surge of revolutions occurring throughout the Middle East.
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Ibrahim Sharqieh speculates about Yemen as revolutions sweep the Middle East.
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The Economist details why the world has reason to be inspired and hopeful by the wave of revolutions in the Middle East.
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Olivier Roy writes that the recent Egyptian revolution hints at a move away from theocratic, Islamic rule in the Middle East.
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Tina Rosenberg writes on the revolutionary lineage of Egypt's overthrow of Mubarak to that of Serbian's Milosevic in the late 1990's.
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The Egypt State Information Service provides a profile of the relationship between Egyptian women and the economy.
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Condoleezza Rice writes in this Washington Post piece that we cannot determine the foreign policy preferences of Egypt's next government. But we can influence them through our ties to the military, links to civil society, and a promise of economic assistance and free trade to help improve the lot of the Egyptian people.
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In the wake of Mubarak's ouster experts discuss the future of Egypt and the reverberations in the Arab world and beyond.
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Samuel P. Jacobs reports on the stunning impact of Gene Sharp, the head of the Boston-based Albert Einstein Institute whose "From Dictatorships to Democracy" inspired revolutionaries in Cairo and beyond.
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