Here are five things that I imagine were on his mind (they would have been on mine) as that plane took off.
If the claims of the opposition activists are true, why don’t they use this 'massive electoral strength' in trying to win parliamentary elections, only a few months away?
The new pope, Pope Tawadros, realizes that his base has awakened and that he needs to establish his rule. Both the church and its Pope will be much more active and demanding in Egyptian politics.
The impending collision of the Morsi government with its opponents and (perhaps) the military broadly fits a cyclical pattern of Islamist collaboration with state forces observed over the previous six decades of Egyptian politics.
Soon after PM Erdogan`s comment on Twitter, detentions started for users who shared comments critical of the government or the police
A new report from the International Center for Transitional Justice highlights delays in implementing a national reparations program for victims of Peru's 20-year internal armed conflict. But even with compensation, can Peruvian society achieve the reconciliation and inclusion it strives for?
What would stop Iran, Russia, China or any other country from supplying weapons to opposition groups in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, or even Turkey, where legitimate protest movements have risen up and were met with brutal repression by government forces?
It would be foolish to trust the authorities to keep to honest-to-goodness police work when they so easily take the low road into straight-out, unwarranted espionage and instigation. Tom Engelhardt invites Todd Gitlin to look into what we do know.
Re-examining the development of the New Left(s), Michael Kenny draws on the work of EP Thompson to set out how patriotism and tradition can be reconciled with a critical and progressive social model. There is plenty for 'One Nation Labour' to take onboard.
