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Shanghai View: Jasmine Tea Revolutions?
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A lot has been made of the implications for China of the current wave of revolutionary zeal in North Africa and the Middle East. From Shanghai, however, much of this seems overplayed; I have foundRead more…...
for my next trick, i will pull an imaginary army out of someone else’s arse
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p>Oh, jeebus. Someone on CIF has just ordered the Egyptian army into Tripoli. It’s like some kind of pathological agony of distance. Running the scenarios is one thing; issuing imaginary orders to the Egyptian high command is another entirely. Gadd...
The most useful article you’ll read on Egypt this week
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Is here. How did we get to the position where the red flag and the desert eagle were suddenly back ahead of the star and crescent? How do the Muslim Brothers and other Islamists interact with the Left? Where did those people come from? As a Revolutio...
After Egypt: towards a geopolitics of democracy?
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Egypt is undergoing the greatest moment of political change in a generation. Mubarak’s stale regime has fallen, and with it years of European and American policy. Is it not now time to begin thinking about a new approach to the southern Neighbourho...
Egypt: What Now?
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After Mubarak's refusal to step down, the situation looks confused (quite probably within the power...
Egypt is faced with a choice of direction – which one?
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While Yasmin Revolution in Tunisia inspired population throughout Arab world and wide support to change regime got decisive role in Egypt it was clear that Tunisia was not an isolated event – some process has started with geopolitical consequen...
Egypt and the European Angle
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Here's some of what we in the U.S. may not be seeing in regards to the European response on Egypt:From Presseurop The European Voice reports that the EU is reconsidering their aid structures to the country, which for the last three weeks has be...
Egypt's revolution to win or lose
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Sixty years ago, American politics was embittered by an accusation couched as a question: "Who lost China?" The implied indictment was that America had fumbled away a possession through incompetence or sinister conniving. READ MORE...
Transformation in Egypt: With or Without Mubarak? – Middle East Quartet Meets in Munich
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It is one thing if the Tunisian dictator flees. It is quite another if the regime in Egypt is shaking. The implications of the transformation in Egypt for the entire Middle East and beyond can hardly be overestimated, the participants of the conferen...
"Mubusconi" by Stefan Collignon
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What is Silvio Berlusconi’s relationship to Hosni Mubarak? The Italian Prime Minister must have at least a subconscious link to the Egyptian president. When the police arrested 17 year old Ruby...
Does Europe Need to Choose Between Democracy and Stability in Egypt?
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As EU leaders meet today, February 4, in Brussels, protests in Egypt will be culminating in what Egyptians are calling “The Day of Departure.” If events in Tunisia are any indication, Europe has thus far viewed the situation in the Eas...
Could the Egypt Protests Have Been Anticipated? Yes.
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My colleague Joseph Wood has nicely captured one aspect of the recent tumult in Egypt that has gone mostly unnoticed in Western commentary. “Part of the difficulty we have in seeing the next surprise is the “social science” mentality of the...
Europe treads carefully over Egypt
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Over lunch in Brussels the 27 EU heads of government discussed Egypt. Some leaders like David Cameron wanted the EU response to be "clear and strong". In the event, they called on the Egyptian authorities to meet the aspirations...
American Anthropological Association releases STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR EGYPT. Roundup on the Egyptian uprising continues.
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Special Edition Post – AAA Signs Statement of Support of Egypt from American Anthropological Association by Joslyn O. In conjunction with the Archaeological Institute of America, AAA signs Statement of Support for Egypt. This statement shares i...
Al Jazeera: the Arab call for democracy
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Inspite of all the criticisms it received from the West, Al Jazeera represents a voice for democracy in the Arab world. Increasingly, it incarnates the fight for more freedom in the Middle East, a little haven living in, and surrounded by, autocratic...
Why is Europe focusing on the “fear of radicalism and extremism” in Arab countries?
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By Angelique Berhault Arab countries that looked static for decades are now moving toward a flow of changes that might re-shape the world. After the movement in Tunisia that led Ben Ali to flee, the world is now looking to Egypt. As the main ally o...
Morning Brief Headlines
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- Egypt leadership reasserts control over country - Protester’s demands - Organised campaign against journalists - US tries to ease out Mubarak - US lawmakers call for halting Egypt aid - Crisis Group on Egypt - Europe puts its weight behind U...
"We have a democratic calling"
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Catherine Ashton, the High Representative, has just spoken to the European Parliament in Brussels on Tunisia and Egypt.On Tunisia, Ashton was able to describe what action is being taken. She will submit a proposal to the Foreign Affairs Council on re...
EU diplomacy on Egypt: Business as usual
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As the story in Egypt unfolds it is interesting (and depressing as usual) to watch EU diplomacy in practice. Especially with all the talk about the "one voice in the world" and the reforms of the Lisbon Treaty (EEAS etc.). Well, "quiet diplomacy" i...
When Will the West Stop Backing Dictators?
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The message from Cairo and other Egyptian cities could not be clearer: the people want octogenarian President Hosni Mubarak to leave. Already more than 100 have died in the biggest uprising since Mubarak came to power 30 years ago. They are fed up wi...
Quilliam Foundation on secularism vs Islamism in Egypt
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While the BBC (especially Jeremy Bowen and John Humphries on the ‘Today’ programme) continually promote the Muslim Brotherhood as a major and “moderate” force in the present Egyptian revolt, the Quilliam Foundation gives a dif...
