Egypt
جمهورية مصر العربية
Inside the White House's Egypt Scramble
John Barry, Newsweek
Israel Fears Future Minus Mubarak
Abraham Rabinovich, The Australian
An Arab Revolution Fueled by Western Methods
Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz
Who Speaks for Moderate Arabs?
Trudy Rubin, Miami Herald
Beware Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood
Leslie Gelb, The Daily Beast
As protests erupted in Egypt, Washington struggled desperately to find the right response to the crisis....(full article)
The possible fall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak confronts Israel with the possibility that its own geopolitical situation in the region could sharply deteriorate....(full article)
The Arab street suddenly uses 'our' methods: Facebook and Twitter - the tools of democracy we have invented - to present us with a situation of disorder....(full article)
The question swirling around the Tunisian rebellion is whether it can finally provide an example of an Arab country where moderate, democratic forces - not dictatorial, not radical...(full article)
As Washington reviews its policy toward Cairo this weekend, officials should think hard about fostering a Mubarak-led transition rather than one led by protesters....(full article)
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An Uncertain Future for Egypt and Israel - Der Spiegel
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Mubarak's Dictatorship Must End Now - The Observer
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Can ElBaradei Lead This Revolution? - The Guardian
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Egypt Needs Reform, Not Revolution - Grant & Petersen, Daily Telegraph
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U.S. Needs to Break With Mubarak Now - Washington Post
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Rebellion in the Land of the Pharoahs - Fouad Ajami, Wall Street Journal
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As the waves of protest sweep over the Arab nation, none watch from the sidelines with more concern than the Israelis....
The Arab World's New World Order - Robert Kaplan, Foreign Policy
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Egypt's Fury Has Smoldered for Decades - Michael Slackman, NY Times
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Don't Bank on Mubarak - Michael Singh, Shadow Government
Dictatorships lack the self-righting mechanisms and institutions which provide democracies with their deep stability. Free expression, free assembly, multiple and accountable polit...
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Uprisings: From Tunis to Cairo - William Pfaff, New York Review of Books
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U.S. Must Press Mubarak on Reforms - Los Angeles Times
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Be Careful What You Wish for in Arab World - Anthony Cordesman, FT
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Will Obama Get it Right on Egypt? - Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
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What Are Egypt's Protests Really About? - Lee Smith, Weekly Standard
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Hosni Mubarak Should Go - But Not Yet - National Review
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Will the Arab Revolution Spread? - Marc Lynch, Foreign Policy
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About Egypt
- Arab Republic of Egypt
- Population: 83,082,869 (15th)
- Area Size: 387,000 sq mi (30th)
- GDP: $444.8 billion (27th)
- Currency: Egyptian pound (EGP)
- Official Language: Arabic
- Capital City: Cairo
- Largest City: Cairo
Egypt Prosperity Rank: 89 |
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