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  • Political Consciousness and the Egyptian Revolution

    For years people said Egyptians had been depoliticised, excluded from the policy-making process for so long that they no longer took any interest. They  said the last three presidents of Egypt - Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar Sadat and Hosni Mubarak -- killed off the lively liberal political debate that Egypt knew in its golden age -- the 20s, 30 and 40s of the last century, until politics became just

    kmiura
    kmiura 2011/02/16
    #egypt カイロの街角や、バスの中でエジプトの未来や新しい憲法の議論が突発的に起こっている熱い様子がよくわかる。
  • The Egyptian Military - Myths and Reality

    All eyes are now on the Egyptian armed forces, which assumed power on Friday night when Vice President Omar Suleiman announced that President Hosni Mubarak was giving up the presidency. I've seen masses of analysis and speculation about the nature of the military establishment, but the sad truth is that no one knows very much about its inclinations and long-term ambitions. One indication of the pa

    kmiura
    kmiura 2011/02/15
    #egyjp 軍の政治経済への影響力は90年代以降かなり低下してる、という内容。ワシントンを中心とする”軍有機体説”への反論に相応。
  • Obama, Suleiman and U.S. decline

    There's always a malicious pleasure in watching powerful people with flawed policies flounder as they adapt to unexpected and unpredictable events. Washington's hesitant response to the Egyptian uprising falls into that category. At each turn - at the concessions from president Mubarak and vice president Omar Suleiman, at the survival, defiance and growing resolve of the protest movement, the Unit

    kmiura
    kmiura 2011/02/13
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