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Can Egypt Be Saved? - Hafez Ghanem, Brookings Institution
The Egyptian economy is unlikely to collapse suddenly. However, in the absence of a serious macroeconomic stabilization program it will continue to deteriorate gradually, with low ...
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Egypt's Journalism More Vulnerable than Ever - Ursula Lindsey, Latitude
This week I am one of many readers mourning the disappearance of Egypt Independent, a local English-language weekly that has provided sterling coverage of the Egyptian uprising i...
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The Middle East's Kings of Cowardice - Marc Lynch, Foreign Policy
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Egypt's State of Denial - Ursula Lindsey, Latitude
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Syria Sparks Anti-Islamist Frenzy - Hassan Hassan, The National
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The World Is Marching Toward Anarchy - Robert Kaplan, Stratfor
Unless some force can, against considerable odds, reinstitute hierarchy -- be it an American hegemon acting globally, or an international organization acting regionally or, say, an...
Tom Friedman: Arab Spring's Biggest Daydreamer - George Jonas, NP
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Egypt Is Too Big to Save - Mahmoud Salem, Washington Institute
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Arab Spring? Not if Churches Are Firebombed - New York Post
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Did Liberals Get the Muslim Brothers Wrong? - Marc Lynch, Foreign Policy
How one felt about questions of the Brotherhood's ability to be democratic in the past has nothing to do with the urgency of holding it to those commitments today. Giving the group...
The Term 'Arab Spring' Has to Be Retired - Thomas Friedman, NY Times
I guess it's official now: The term Arab Spring has to be retired. There is nothing springlike going on. The broader, but still vaguely hopeful, "Arab Awakening" also no longer see...
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Islam's Global Civil War - Clifford May, National Post
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The War on Christians in the Middle East - Kirsten Powers, USA Today
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Egypt Takes Another Step Toward Autocracy - Eric Trager, Wash Institute
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