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Egypt Democracy

Think Again: Chutzpah on the Right

Eric Alterman | Posted 02.03.2011 | Media

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Eric Alterman

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 02.03.2011 | Politics

Read More: Egypt, Eilot Abrams, Egypt Protests, President Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Hosni Mubarak, Democracy, Iraq, Barack Obama, President Hosni Mubarak, Cairo, Eastern Europe, Former Soviet Union, Jimmy Carter, President Bush, Democracy Assistance, Egypt Revolution, u.s. Egypt, Egypt Riots, Egypt Democracy, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

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 01.31.2011 | World

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Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din

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

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Marcus Baram

Obama Administration Cut Funding To Promote Democracy In Egypt, Disappointing Human Rights Activists

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 01.29.2011 | World

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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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Mohamed ElBaradei, 2005 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate: 'Boycott Egypt Presidential Election'

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 12.08.2010 | World

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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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