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Another Egyptian Constitutional Declaration

The question today is whether this new declaration will contribute to lessening tension in the country, or whether it will become a new point...

Why the Brotherhood Won’t Back Down

This time, even after security forces unseated President Mohamed Morsi, detained top Muslim Brotherhood leaders and reportedly issued arrest warrants for about 300 more...

Egypt’s Preferable Tyranny

 It is difficult to welcome a military overthrow of democratic results. It is, however, more difficult to regret a prophylactic coup against the exploitation...

Copts Stand to Lose in Egypt Again

But now, in the ensuing rioting and protests, Egypt's various Christian communities are experiencing continuing attacks by jihadists, Salafis, (who joined them in the...

The Post-Morsi Reality in Egypt

One of the important things that the nation must do at this stage is to heal the damage in its relationship with Egyptian liberals...

Middle East Moderates to Seize the Opportunity in Egypt, Craft a New Political Movement

The Arab Spring has given voice to Arab peoples eager for dignity, for change, and for inclusion. But this call for tolerance risks being...

The Resurgence of the Egyptian State

It is now clear that within months of Morsi's election, Egypt's generals had reached a similar conclusion about the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). The military's...

The Last Thing Egypt Needs

Democracy is nice, but it is not a panacea. The American insistence that the world mimic us — ain’t we pretty close to poifect?...

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