Matt Duss talks with Eric Trager:
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Matt Duss and Hussein Ibish talk about the election in Egypt:
And this is where Tank Commander said "No": Last night [Feb 10], a military officer guarding the tens of thousands celebrating in Cairo threw down his rifle and joined the.
I blogged heads with the honorable Henry Farrell yesterday. Here we talk about net-centric revolution:
Very interesting finding, via the Monkey Cage: Whereas the vast majority of successful coups before 1990 installed their leaders durably in power, between 1991 and 2001 the picture reverses, with.
And so, huh. Wow. ...suggestion seems to be that the military will take power. Interesting. In the long run, I think it matters A LOT that this went down with.
Marc Lynch shares Charli's judgment about the Mubarak speech: It's hard to exaggerate how bad Hosni Mubarak's speech today was for Egypt. In the extended runup to his remarks, every sign indicated that he planned to announce his resignation: the military's announcement that it had...
Not surprising, of course: The Egyptian military has secretly detained hundreds and possibly thousands of suspected government opponents since mass protests against President Hosni Mubarak began, and at least some.
My WPR column this week is really an elaboration of Charli's post from last week: The integration of Egyptian soldiers into an international community of professional military officers has inevitably.
At WPR, I give some thought to how a shift in Egypt's political orientation might matter for the region militarily: What would an Egyptian army look like under a democratic regime? In the short term, the transformation would almost certainly be disruptive. The Iranian Revolution...
Ok, so let's assume that Mubarak takes the easy way out and heads for healthier climes. What explains the difference between the failure of the Green Revolution and the success.
I would like to second Dr. Krugman's sentiments: Egypt: I don’t know anything, have no expertise, haven’t even ever looked at the economic situation. Hence, no posting. If there comes.