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Published in: HomeUS Middle East policy: see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil… just act surprisedNone of the Arab Revolts of 2011 have played themselves out as yet. So it will be a while before the Obama...
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Published in: HomeObama, Mubarak, and the Iron Cage of Liberalism
When a nonviolent battle is fought before curious, and sometimes fearful, international audiences, Western...
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Published in: HomeEgypt: after revolt, transition
The explosion of protest in Egypt has emerged from deep currents in the country's modern history. Tarek Osman maps...
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Published in: HomeEgypt: the transition to democracy needs women
Boots-on-the-ground often plays itself out in the transitional period after deadly conflict: predominantly male...
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Published in: HomeArab third way: beyond dictators and Islamists
The popular uprising across the Arab world is shaking not just the region's authoritarian regimes but fallacies...
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Published in: HomeFacebook: virtual impact on reality in the Middle East
Beyond the analysis of how Facebook, Twitter and other social media are rapidly bringing about political change in...
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Published in: HomeEgypt’s pro-democracy movement: the struggle continues
Those who were expecting a quick victory are no doubt disappointed, but successful People Power movements of recent...
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Published in: HomeA Surfer’s Guide to US Foreign Policy in Egypt, or Has Obama Been Snookered?
Reading the Washington runes. What happened with Mr Wisner, Egypt lobbyist and Obama's special envoy to Mubarak? Is...
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Published in: HomeEgypt, and the post-Islamist middle east
The portrayal of Egypt’s uprising in terms of its potential capture by Islamists is doubly misleading, says Asef...
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Published in: HomeEgypt: from revolt to change
A radical overhaul of Egypt’s ruling institutions and personnel is a precondition of the freedom that its citizens...
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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...
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Published in: openSecurityWhat keeps Mubarak on his throne?
Mohammed Hussainy summarises the personalities and forces that prevent Mubarak from standing down.
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Published in: HomeCivil Society in 1989 and 2011
What is happening in Tunisia and Egypt is the completion of the 1989 revolutions. Giving back to us the meaning of...
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Published in: HomeThe politics of fearlessness
While Egypt’s second January Uprising continues it is already clear that Middle Eastern politics will never quite be...
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Published in: HomeMubarak’s Day of Departure?
Updated after Friday prayer Representatives of the regime may have understood that violence will weaken them even...
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Published in: HomeEgypt: how to negotiate the transition. Lessons from Poland and ChinaA comparison of the Polish Round Table and the Tiananmen Tragedy show that non-violent resistance movements need to...
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Published in: HomeA lesson in thuggery: how the security services control Egypt
A one-time Egyptian resident describes the operation of a thuggish security state that controls through everyday...
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Published in: HomeThe global crisis: between Cairo and Davos
The new age of insurgencies of which Egypt is an emblem has its deeper source not in the anger of the marginalised...
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Published in: HomeThe new middle east: intellectuals and democracy
The change that is unfolding across the middle east places an especial responsibility on intellectuals to think...
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