Egypt Democracy

Don't Hold Your Breath for Egypt's Presidential Election

Sara Khorshid | Posted 05.24.2012

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In democracies, voters know what the president's formal, constitutional powers are. And they know for certain. But in Egypt Egyptians will go to vote with no knowledge of what authorities will be vested in the president.

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'No One Can Now Take This Right Away'

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI and MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 05.25.2012

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CAIRO — The Muslim Brotherhood quickly staked a claim Thursday for its candidate to advance to a runoff vote, saying its exit polls showed him l...

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'We Want A Flawless President'

AP | SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 05.24.2012

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CAIRO -- Egyptians say they want their next leader to be honorable, smart, a knight, a man with a heart, a military man, a religious man, one who goes...

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A Guide To Egypt's Pre-Election Violence

AP | LEE KEATH | Posted 05.02.2012

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CAIRO — Questions and answers about Wednesday's violence in Cairo, in which at least 11 people were killed in clashes between suspected supporte...

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Clampdown In Egypt: Forces Raid 17 Pro-Democracy Groups In Intense Sweep

AP | By MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 12.30.2011

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CAIRO -- It was an unusually intense raid on pro-democracy groups backed by some of Egypt's closest allies, including the United States: Special comma...

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Egyptian Democracy

Scott MacLeod | Posted 01.30.2012

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Perhaps the truer measure of Egypt's progress became evident in the early morning hours of Monday, when long lines of Egyptians formed outside polling stations in Cairo and other cities.

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Egyptians have No Intention of Allowing their Revolution to be Hijacked

Sahar Taman | Posted 01.26.2012

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It is clear that Egyptians recognize the honor their accomplishment of January has earned them worldwide. They also recognize the responsibility.

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After Years Of Repression, Egyptians Find Their Voice

Posted 06.27.2011

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CAIRO (Reuters) – For decades, authoritarian rule and police brutality ensured the only voice heard from Egypt was that of its leaders. Since po...

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Egyptians To Vote In Democratic Election

AP | By MAGGIE MICHAEL and HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAIRO -- Eager for their first taste of a free vote in decades, Egyptians lined up by the hundreds Saturday to vote on constitutional amendments spons...

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Egypt Faces Landmark Vote In Democratic Transition

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAIRO — Egypt's transition to democracy after 30 years of authoritarian rule faces a major test on Saturday when Egyptians vote in a referendum ...

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So Many Ways to Strut Your Democratic Stuff in a New World

Pepe Escobar | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's not surprising that key sectors in the West are pushing for a "safe" Turkish model for Egypt. But there are stark differences between Turkey's road to a military-free democracy and the littered path ahead for Egypt's nascent political parties.

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"Democracy Is the Worst Form of Government"

Gary Hart | Posted 05.25.2011

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So said Winston Churchill who then added the punchline: "... except for all the others." Any doubts about this observations should be erased by current developments in both the Middle East and in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

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In response to Mubarak stepping down, President Obama delivered a pitch perfect speech calling for "nothing less than genuine democracy," not just a government aligned with U.S. interests. There will be many foreign policy takeaways from Egypt, but here's an obvious one: invading a country, toppling its regime, destroying civil society, and then trying to put all the pieces back together with a ten-year occupation and a few trillion dollars turns out not to be the only way to increase the spread of democracy in the Middle East. Wired was more effective than warred. People can now connect to each other faster than any government can connect with its people. And while governments may be able to shut down the hardware, they can't shut off the social effects of digital networks. Any leader who doesn't understand this dynamic should book a room next to wherever Mubarak is heading.

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Obama Can Do in Egypt What Bush Failed to Do in Iraq

Martin Varsavsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Egyptians deserve speedy and easy visibility on how democracy will be instituted. The U.S. has to be very careful not to be associated with the Egyptian military, but instead with the democratic forces that hopefully will take power.

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Clinton: 'Perfect Storm' Brewing In Middle East

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

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MUNICH — (AP) The U.S. threw its weight behind nascent reforms led by Egypt's new vice president as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sa...

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Merkel: Egypt Uprising Reminds Me Of Communist Fall

AP | GEIR MOULSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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MUNICH — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's leadership remains crucial for now as the country heads into a transition to democracy, a U.S. envoy...

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Think Again: Chutzpah on the Right

Eric Alterman | Posted 05.25.2011

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One reason that conservatives are divided -- to put it generously -- about democracy in the Arab world is that for many of them their primary concern is not democracy or even the Arab world, but Israel.

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Supporting Democracy and Supporting Dictatorship in Egypt

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Deemphasizing democracy rhetoric was a reasonable strategy for the Obama administration as it allowed them to differentiate their administration from Bush's. The problem is, it also gave the appearance that the U.S. was casting its lot with the authoritarians.

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Democratization in the Arab World: Extraordinary or Dangerous?

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 05.25.2011

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Successful democracy is attainable when equality is high or assets are mobile. Egypt has neither.

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Obama Proposed Cutting Funding To Promote Democracy In Egypt

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK -- President Obama's historic speech at Cairo University galvanized millions of people across the Arab world with its inspiring message of pe...

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Egypt Democracy Advocate Calls For Election Boycott

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAIRO — One of Egypt's leading democracy advocates on Wednesday slammed recent parliamentary elections as a farce and warned about the possibili...

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