Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
Eberhard Kienle is research professor at the CNRS in Paris and Grenoble.. He is the author of "A Grand Delusion, Democracy and Economic Reform in Egypt"
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Published in: openEconomyThis crisis is no excuse for technocratic governmentIn the author's prescient May 2010 article there is the central observation that we are seeing a fundamental...
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Published in: HomeA new understanding of the Middle East
There are multiple reasons for looking beyond Islam for our comprehension of this tumultuous region, to culture, to...
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Published in: HomeOpposition groups in Egypt must now rise to the challenge of negotiating a good transition
The new regime will not come into being on its own. It needs tough and careful negotiation so that the right balance...
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Published in: HomeEgypt without Mubarak, or Mubarak without Mubarak?
There is a mixture of change and stasis in the transition to democracy in Egypt today. The dangers of stalling are...
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Published in: HomeAfter Mubarak's refusal to leave: which way will the armed pillars of the state jump?
Updated 11am. After Mubarak's refusal to stand down, attention must turn to what the armed pillars of the state will...
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Published in: HomeTransition in Egypt: temptations that need to be resisted
The jury is still out on whether the transition will lead to a broad based democracy or to a coalition of sorts in...