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Egypt, Arab Sunni Politics, and the US: A Problematic Road Ahead

From On December 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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The bad news about Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s expanding constitutional powers in Egypt is the threat of another dictatorship in Egypt. The good news is that normal politics is returning to Egypt after decades of brutal authoritarian regimes.

Recent mass demonstrations in support of and opposition to Morsi’s new draft constitution [...]

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Neocons Gloat About Islamist Iraq, Denounce Islamism

From On January 21, 2011 · 5 Comments

Something of a little blog firestorm was sparked when the Washington Post‘s neoconservative blogger Jennifer Rubin claimed that George W. Bush deserved credit for setting in motion the Tunisian uprising against its U.S.-backed dictator because the seed that sprouted popular revolt was Bush’s invasion of Iraq.

Today in the [...]

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