| Algeria to lift emergency powers |
| President says country's 19-year state of emergency will be lifted in near future in apparent bid to stave off unrest.  Protesters took to the streets in Algiers, the capital, in January to demand the government overturn the law [EPA] During a meeting with ministers on Thursday, the president also said Algerian television and radio, which are controlled by the state, should give airtime to all political parties. He added that protest marches, banned under the state of emergency, would be permitted across the country of 35 million except in the capital. His comments come as anti-government protests escalate in Egypt and follows a wave of similar uprisings in other Arab states including Tunisia and Yemen. Opposition groups in Algeria had recently made the repeal of emergency powers one of their main demands, ahead of a protest planned for February 12. |
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How About a Clean Break – with Israel?
How About a Clean Break – with Israel?Neocons are half right, says Philip Giraldi
The Second Arab Revolt: Winners and Losers by Immanuel Wallerstein
The Second Arab Revolt: Winners and Losers
There are two questions: How come this uprising succeeded, when many other attempts in many countries did not? And then who will be the winners and losers in Tunisia, elsewhere in the Arab world, in the whole world-system?
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There are two questions: How come this uprising succeeded, when many other attempts in many countries did not? And then who will be the winners and losers in Tunisia, elsewhere in the Arab world, in the whole world-system?
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The Arab Freedom Epic by Rami G. Khouri
The Arab Freedom Epic
In January 2011, a century after some Arabs started agitating for their freedoms from Ottoman and European colonial rule, and after many false starts in recent decades, we finally have a breakthrough to our full humanity.
In January 2011, a century after some Arabs started agitating for their freedoms from Ottoman and European colonial rule, and after many false starts in recent decades, we finally have a breakthrough to our full humanity.
Time to End US Fear of the Muslim Brotherhood by Richard Bulliet
Time to End US Fear of the Muslim Brotherhood
Washington’s reluctance to embrace a post-Mubarak Egypt reflects gratitude for his past support of American policies in the Middle East, but even more a fear that the Muslim Brotherhood.
Washington’s reluctance to embrace a post-Mubarak Egypt reflects gratitude for his past support of American policies in the Middle East, but even more a fear that the Muslim Brotherhood.
Egypt’s Neo-Mamluk Endgame by Richard Bulliet
Egypt’s Neo-Mamluk Endgame
Mubarak’s regime resembles the regimes in Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Jordan, Syria, Yemen, and Oman. Regardless of the figurehead at the top, whether a king or a president, these are governments of, by, and for military officers.
Mubarak’s regime resembles the regimes in Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Jordan, Syria, Yemen, and Oman. Regardless of the figurehead at the top, whether a king or a president, these are governments of, by, and for military officers.
Mideast's Al Jazeera Revolution - Lawrence Pintak, Foreign Policy
Obama's Moment Passes Him By - Noemie Emery, Washington Examiner
Obama's Moment Passes Him By - Noemie Emery, Washington Examiner
North: Obama Has Created "Real Jeopardy Situation" for U.S. Interests
North: Obama Has Created "Real Jeopardy Situation" for U.S. Interests
Obama should just shut up on Egypt By Richard Cohen
Obama should just shut up on Egypt
By Richard Cohen
Egypt internet clampdown cost $90 mln, OECD says
Egypt internet clampdown cost $90 mln, OECD says
(AP) -- A top Western think tank says Egypt's unprecedented clampdown on Internet and cell phone networks during the anti-government protests likely cost it about $90 million.
(AP) -- A top Western think tank says Egypt's unprecedented clampdown on Internet and cell phone networks during the anti-government protests likely cost it about $90 million.
Egypt: Mubarak Reveals a Brutal Plan to Hold Power By Tony Karon
Egypt: Mubarak Reveals a Brutal Plan to Hold Power
By Tony Karon
Egypt’s Bumbling Brotherhood By: SCOTT ATRAN | The New York Times
Egypt’s Bumbling Brotherhood
By: SCOTT ATRAN | The New York Times
By: SCOTT ATRAN | The New York Times
Egypt's Economic Apartheid By: HERNANDO DE SOTO | The Wall Street Journal
Egypt's Economic Apartheid
By: HERNANDO DE SOTO | The Wall Street Journal
By: HERNANDO DE SOTO | The Wall Street Journal
Egypt’s Army Looks Beyond Mubarak By: Yezid Sayigh | Financial Times
Egypt’s Army Looks Beyond Mubarak
By: Yezid Sayigh | Financial Times
By: Yezid Sayigh | Financial Times
Food Crisis Threatens Asia By: MICHAEL RICHARDSON | The Japan Times
Food Crisis Threatens Asia
By: MICHAEL RICHARDSON | The Japan Times
By: MICHAEL RICHARDSON | The Japan Times
Jordan: Heightened Instability, But Not Yet a Major Crisis By: David Schenker and David Pollock | The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Jordan: Heightened Instability, But Not Yet a Major Crisis
By: David Schenker and David Pollock | The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
By: David Schenker and David Pollock | The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Israel Presses West on Peace Pact By: Richard Boudreaux and Joshua Mitnick | The Wall Street Journal
Israel Presses West on Peace Pact
By: Richard Boudreaux and Joshua Mitnick | The Wall Street Journal
By: Richard Boudreaux and Joshua Mitnick | The Wall Street Journal
Arab Rulers watch Unrest for Signs It's Contagious By: Ashish Kumar Sen | The Washington Times
Arab Rulers watch Unrest for Signs It's Contagious
By: Ashish Kumar Sen | The Washington Times
By: Ashish Kumar Sen | The Washington Times
Yemen's President Moves to Head Off Unrest, Vows to Leave Office in 2013 By: Sudarsan Raghavan | The Washington Post
Yemen's President Moves to Head Off Unrest, Vows to Leave Office in 2013
By: Sudarsan Raghavan | The Washington PostPresident Ali Abdullah Saleh, moving to head off the kind of unrest roiling Egypt and Tunisia, announced Wednesday that he would not run for office when his term ends in 2013 or anoint his son as his successor.
After Egypt's Mubarak: The Muslim Brotherhood By: David Wood | Politics Daily
After Egypt's Mubarak: The Muslim Brotherhood
By: David Wood | Politics DailyBetween the teetering government and the chaotic crowds is the one organization with the heft, popularity and influence to dominate the tumult. In Egypt and beyond, its name -- the Muslim Brotherhood -- evokes either hope or fear.
US Must Shift Paradigm Away From Its Current View of Arab World
US Must Shift Paradigm Away From Its Current View of Arab World
Laith Saud, Truthout: "It cannot be lost on any informed observer of the Arab world that the tremendous political momentum of the past week, although spontaneous, is focused, reasoned and democratic. Protests are not popping up sporadically anywhere in the Arab world. No, rather, they are manifesting themselves in countries whose regimes are staunchly pro-Western. This reality explains the ambivalence of the Obama administration. Considering the significance of these world-changing events, it is important to explain why this is the case, so as to ameliorate fears based on myths or the unknown. Although these movements are directed against pro-Western regimes, they are not about the West. They are about the accountability of Arab governments; they are about jobs and, ultimately, the democratic will of the Arab peoples."
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Laith Saud, Truthout: "It cannot be lost on any informed observer of the Arab world that the tremendous political momentum of the past week, although spontaneous, is focused, reasoned and democratic. Protests are not popping up sporadically anywhere in the Arab world. No, rather, they are manifesting themselves in countries whose regimes are staunchly pro-Western. This reality explains the ambivalence of the Obama administration. Considering the significance of these world-changing events, it is important to explain why this is the case, so as to ameliorate fears based on myths or the unknown. Although these movements are directed against pro-Western regimes, they are not about the West. They are about the accountability of Arab governments; they are about jobs and, ultimately, the democratic will of the Arab peoples."
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Israel Sides With Its Loyal Ally in Cairo
Israel Sides With Its Loyal Ally in Cairo
Lawrence Davidson, Truthout: "On Tuesday, February 1, I watched Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give a talk about the ongoing events in Egypt. In essence, he said that if the demonstrations against the 30-year-old dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak succeeded, the world would get an Iranian-style regime in Egypt and that would be the end of democracy... Yesterday, Wednesday, February 2, we saw what our great Egyptian ally was capable of. The Egyptian army had promised that they would not shoot at the protestors - but, alas, there was a loophole. They never said they would not facilitate the arrival of thousands of thugs who would, well, not exactly shoot the demonstrators... By tomorrow, if Mubarak emerges victorious from the fray, there should be joy in Jerusalem."
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Lawrence Davidson, Truthout: "On Tuesday, February 1, I watched Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give a talk about the ongoing events in Egypt. In essence, he said that if the demonstrations against the 30-year-old dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak succeeded, the world would get an Iranian-style regime in Egypt and that would be the end of democracy... Yesterday, Wednesday, February 2, we saw what our great Egyptian ally was capable of. The Egyptian army had promised that they would not shoot at the protestors - but, alas, there was a loophole. They never said they would not facilitate the arrival of thousands of thugs who would, well, not exactly shoot the demonstrators... By tomorrow, if Mubarak emerges victorious from the fray, there should be joy in Jerusalem."
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The Egyptian Tinderbox: How Banks and Investors Are Starving the Third World
The Egyptian Tinderbox: How Banks and Investors Are Starving the Third World
Ellen Brown, Truthout: "Underlying the sudden, volatile uprising in Egypt and Tunisia is a growing global crisis sparked by soaring food prices and unemployment. The Associated Press reports that roughly 40 percent of Egyptians struggle along at the World Bank-set poverty level of under $2 per day. Analysts estimate that food price inflation in Egypt is currently at an unsustainable 17 percent yearly. In poorer countries, as much as 60 to 80 percent of people's incomes go for food, compared to just 10 to 20 percent in industrial countries. An increase of a dollar or so in the cost of a gallon of milk or a loaf of bread for Americans can mean starvation for people in Egypt and other poor countries."
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Ellen Brown, Truthout: "Underlying the sudden, volatile uprising in Egypt and Tunisia is a growing global crisis sparked by soaring food prices and unemployment. The Associated Press reports that roughly 40 percent of Egyptians struggle along at the World Bank-set poverty level of under $2 per day. Analysts estimate that food price inflation in Egypt is currently at an unsustainable 17 percent yearly. In poorer countries, as much as 60 to 80 percent of people's incomes go for food, compared to just 10 to 20 percent in industrial countries. An increase of a dollar or so in the cost of a gallon of milk or a loaf of bread for Americans can mean starvation for people in Egypt and other poor countries."
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Pogrom in Cairo - Where Was Obama?
Pogrom in Cairo - Where Was Obama?
Robert Naiman, Truthout: "Contrary to what we were led to believe - that the US-backed and US-financed Egyptian military would protect the right to peaceful protest - on Wednesday, February 2, in Cairo, the Egyptian military permitted 'Mubarak supporters' - who, according to press reports, were clearly organized by the government, and many of whom were police or other government employees - to physically attack peaceful antigovernment protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Crucially, the US-backed and US-financed Egyptian military did not block the violence."
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Robert Naiman, Truthout: "Contrary to what we were led to believe - that the US-backed and US-financed Egyptian military would protect the right to peaceful protest - on Wednesday, February 2, in Cairo, the Egyptian military permitted 'Mubarak supporters' - who, according to press reports, were clearly organized by the government, and many of whom were police or other government employees - to physically attack peaceful antigovernment protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Crucially, the US-backed and US-financed Egyptian military did not block the violence."
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Protesters Clash Again on Cairo's Streets
Protesters Clash Again on Cairo's Streets
David D. Kirkpatrick and Alan Cowell, The New York Times News Service: "With the eyes of the Arab world upon them, protesters seeking the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak regrouped at Tahrir Square on Thursday after a night of gunfire and a day of mayhem that left at least five dead and more than 800 wounded in a battle for the Middle East's most populous nation. The outcome is pivotal in a region where uprising and unrest have spread from Tunisia to many other lands, including Jordan and Yemen, forcing their leaders into precipitate concessions to their suddenly vocal foes and stretching American diplomacy."
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David D. Kirkpatrick and Alan Cowell, The New York Times News Service: "With the eyes of the Arab world upon them, protesters seeking the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak regrouped at Tahrir Square on Thursday after a night of gunfire and a day of mayhem that left at least five dead and more than 800 wounded in a battle for the Middle East's most populous nation. The outcome is pivotal in a region where uprising and unrest have spread from Tunisia to many other lands, including Jordan and Yemen, forcing their leaders into precipitate concessions to their suddenly vocal foes and stretching American diplomacy."
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Egyptian Protests Grounded in Decades of Struggle; Portend Regional Transformation
Egyptian Protests Grounded in Decades of Struggle; Portend Regional Transformation
Max Ajl, Truthout: "Egypt is throbbing with resistance. Cairo is cloven between the forces of revolution and those of counterrevolution. Hundreds of thousands of people - on Tuesday, February 1, well over a million - have been streaming each day into Tahrir Square, the largest plaza in the Arab world, located in the heart of downtown Cairo. Army tanks line the streets, helicopters and F16s buzz overhead, and pro-Mubarak demonstrators, many of them hired thugs, bloodied thousands of protesters yesterday in Tahrir and elsewhere. Yet the people keep pushing for Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak's unconditional ouster, and not just in Cairo. Alexandria has been convulsed, while Suez, a small city abutting the Suez Canal, has been riven with some of the fiercest street battles between the police and protesters, while workers there have gone on strike, demanding that Mubarak step down from his palace in Heliopolis."
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Max Ajl, Truthout: "Egypt is throbbing with resistance. Cairo is cloven between the forces of revolution and those of counterrevolution. Hundreds of thousands of people - on Tuesday, February 1, well over a million - have been streaming each day into Tahrir Square, the largest plaza in the Arab world, located in the heart of downtown Cairo. Army tanks line the streets, helicopters and F16s buzz overhead, and pro-Mubarak demonstrators, many of them hired thugs, bloodied thousands of protesters yesterday in Tahrir and elsewhere. Yet the people keep pushing for Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak's unconditional ouster, and not just in Cairo. Alexandria has been convulsed, while Suez, a small city abutting the Suez Canal, has been riven with some of the fiercest street battles between the police and protesters, while workers there have gone on strike, demanding that Mubarak step down from his palace in Heliopolis."
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Noam Chomsky | "The Arab World Is on Fire"
Noam Chomsky | "The Arab World Is on Fire"
Noam Chomsky: "'The Arab world is on fire,' al-Jazeera reported on Jan. 27, while throughout the region, Western allies 'are quickly losing their influence.' The shock wave was set in motion by the dramatic uprising in Tunisia that drove out a Western-backed dictator, with reverberations especially in Egypt, where demonstrators overwhelmed a dictator's brutal police. Observers compared the events to the toppling of Russian domains in 1989, but there are important differences."
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Noam Chomsky: "'The Arab world is on fire,' al-Jazeera reported on Jan. 27, while throughout the region, Western allies 'are quickly losing their influence.' The shock wave was set in motion by the dramatic uprising in Tunisia that drove out a Western-backed dictator, with reverberations especially in Egypt, where demonstrators overwhelmed a dictator's brutal police. Observers compared the events to the toppling of Russian domains in 1989, but there are important differences."
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The Fallacy of Facebook Diplomacy
The Fallacy of Facebook Diplomacy
Why "21st Century Statecraft"—the idea that America can use the Internet to influence global events—is more dream than reality
By Brendan GreeleyThe Battle for Egypt by William Pfaff
William Pfaff is the author of The Irony of Manifest Destiny, published in June 2010 by Walker and Company (New York) -- his tenth and culminating work on international politics and the American destiny. He describes the neglected sources and unforeseen consequences of the tragedy towards which the nation's current effort to remake the world to fit America's measure is leading. His previous books and his articles in The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and his syndicated newspaper column, featured for a quarter century in the globally read International Herald Tribune, have made him one of America's most respected and internationally influential interpreters of world affairs. [Read more...]
Yemen protests: 20,000 call for President Saleh to go
Yemen protests: 20,000 call for President Saleh to go
Political Instability in Egypt CPA Contingency Planning Memorandum No. 4
Political Instability in Egypt
CPA Contingency Planning Memorandum No. 4
Issue Guide: Arab World Protests
Issue Guide: Arab World Protests
Democracy in the Arab World- Interview: Robert Danin: The Arab World's 'Unprecedented' Protests
- Op-Ed: Elliott Abrams: Protests Show Bush Right About Freedom in the Arab World
- Transcript: Steven Cook and Jared Cohen: Tunisia--Repercussions for the Region
- Article: Joel D. Hirst: The Wrong Side of History
- Essential Document: Hillary Clinton's Remarks in Doha, January 2011
- Must Read: Anthony Cordesman: Be Careful What You Wish
- Must Read: Daniel Brumberg: Getting Real About Democratic Reform
- Must Read: Journal of Democracy: Do Muslims Vote Islamic?
- Must Read: Fareed Zakaria: How Democracy Can Work in the Middle East
- Foreign Affairs: Clay Shirky: The Political Power of Social Media
- Foreign Affairs: Jared Cohen and Eric Schmidt: The Digital Disruption
- Foreign Affairs: Ian Bremmer: Democracy in Cyberspace
- Must Read: New York Times: These Revolutions Are Not All Twitter
- Must Read: Foreign Policy: The al-Jazeera Revolution
- Must Read: Stratfor: Social Media as a Tool for Protest
- Interview: James Baker III: Egypt Is a 'Textbook' Foreign Policy Dilemma
- Foreign Affairs: Steven A. Cook: The U.S.-Egyptian Breakup
- Essential Document: Hillary Clinton Speaks on Mubarak
- Must Read: Washington Post: How Should the U.S. Respond to Protests in the Middle East?
- Must Read: Los Angeles Times: America's Islamist Dilemma
- Interview: Edward P. Djerejian: Beyond Cairo: Translating Obama Message into Policies
- Foreign Affairs: Carrie Rosefsky Wickham: The Muslim Brotherhood After Mubarak
- Backgrounder: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood
- Transcript: Ed Husain and Isobel Coleman: Ramifications of Egypt's Political Upheaval
- Interview: Richard N. Haass: Egypt's Need for Presidential Change
- Foreign Affairs: Egypt in Crisis: From the Archives
- Essential Document: Obama Speaks on Situation in Egypt
- Essential Document: Mubarak Pledges to Step Down
- Expert Brief: Steven A. Cook: Understanding Egypt's Historic Moment
- CFR Contingency Planning Memo: Political Instability in Egypt
- Foreign Affairs: Steven A. Cook: Egypt's Hero?
- Must Read: New York Times: Upheaval Puts Militants in the Lurch
- Op-Ed: Robert Danin: What Egypt Means for Syria
- Op-Ed: Steven A. Cook: Crossing the Threshold
- Op-Ed : Leslie H. Gelb: Obama's Risky Path in Egypt
- Must Read: Mohamed ElBaradei: Manifesto for Change in Egypt
- Must Read: Foreign Policy: Cairo 2011 Is Not Tehran of 1979
- Must Read: Christopher Hitchens: The Shame Factor
- Op-Ed: Ed Husain: Egypt Can Bring in the Brotherhood
- Op-Ed: Max Boot: Hosni Mubarak, Troublesome Ally
- Analysis Brief: Understanding Tunisia's Tremors
- Analysis Brief: Can Tunisia Spark a Revolutionary Wave?
- Interview: Elliott Abrams: Will Tunisia Inspire More Popular Uprisings?
- Op-Ed: Steven A. Cook: The Calculations of Tunisia's Military
- Op-Ed: Mohamad Bazzi: After Tunisia, Arab World Gives Up on America
- Must Read: Shadi Hamid: After Tunisia: Obama's Impossible Dilemma in Egypt
- Must Read: Carnegie Endowment: Lessons of Authoritarian Collapse
- Must Read: LA Times: Uprising Was Three Years in the Making
Egypt's Uphill Economic Struggles
Egypt's Uphill Economic Struggles
| Author: | Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy; Director of the Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative; and Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program |
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Egypt a 'Textbook' Foreign Policy Dilemma
Egypt a 'Textbook' Foreign Policy Dilemma
| Interviewee: | James A. Baker III, Honorary Chair, Institute for Public Policy, Rice University |
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| Interviewer: | Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor, CFR |
China's drought could have serious global impact
China's drought could have serious global impact
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Beijing (AFP) Feb 2, 2011 Wide swathes of northern China are suffering through their worst drought in 60 years -- a dry spell that could have a serious economic impact worldwide if it continues much longer, experts say. Some areas have gone 120 days without any significant rainfall, leaving more than five million hectares (12.4 million acres) of crops damaged -- an area half the size of South Korea -- China's drought control agency said Sunday.
There are fears that the problem could send global prices soaring at a time when food costs are already causing governments headaches. According to the UN last month world prices broke their peak levels of 2008 to hit a record high.
"If the dry spell continues into March or April, wheat production could be seriously affected, with losses of more than 10 million tonnes," Ma Wenfeng, an analyst at Beijing Orient Agribusiness Consultants, told AFP.
"China would be forced to boost its imports."
More than 2.5 million people lack drinking water, particularly in the eastern and central provinces of Shandong and Henan, which each have around 95 million inhabitants.
Weather authorities are not forecasting much rain over the next two months for the regions around Beijing, in the Yellow River basin and along the Huai, the waterway that divides the rice-plenty south and the wheat-growing north.
Shandong's Rizhao city, which means "sunshine", has suffered from its longest drought in 300 years, stretching back to September 11, according to local media.
Beijing meanwhile has not seen any rain or snow for 100 days -- its worst run since 1951. The water shortage is also expected to worsen as warmer weather kicks in after two months of particularly cold temperatures.
In some areas, the earth is all cracked up and if rain does not fall in the next few weeks, the wheat that farmers sowed in autumn might not even germinate when the weather warms up.
Around the world, wheat exporters such as the United States, Russia or France are closely monitoring the weather forecast not only for China but also for India, which is experiencing an even worse drought, according to Ma.
China and India are both the world's largest producers and consumers of wheat.
"If production goes down in both countries at the same time, the impact on prices will be considerable," he warned.
Chen Lei, minister for water resources, said Sunday that two-thirds of Chinese cities are short of water. The nation's per capita water resources only amount to 28 percent of the global average.
For the moment, the economic impact of the drought has been mitigated by China's "big stocks of wheat and rice", Ma said.
These are the result of a rise in prices both in China and abroad over the past few years, which has encouraged farmers to grow grain.
But with soaring food prices already weighing on people's minds, the psychological impact of the drought -- and its potential effect on prices -- is quite big, said Ren Xianfang, a Beijing-based analyst with IHS Global Insight.
China's consumer price index rose 5.1 percent year-on-year in November -- the fastest rate in more than two years. Cereal prices increased 14.7 percent year-on-year.
The government has said it will hand out 2.2 billion yuan ($334 million) in immediate drought relief aid.
It will also invest four trillion yuan over the next decade to improve water stocks and distribution, amid warnings of worse to come.
"With the urbanisation planned for the next five years, the shortage will become even more acute," warned Ren.
George Soros Why Obama has to get Egypt right
George SorosWhy Obama has to get Egypt rightLet's give the armies of our allies the support they seek.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
The 11 Countries At Risk of Becoming The Next Egypt
The 11 Countries At Risk of Becoming The Next Egypt
Israel asks world to demand peace treaty with Egypt is kept (Roundup)
Israel asks world to demand peace treaty with Egypt is kept (Roundup)
Jordan: revolution fears in Algeria, Yemen and Syria
Jordan: revolution fears in Algeria, Yemen and Syria
With protests in several Middle East countries, there are also now fears for Algeria, Yemen and Syria.
A Surge of People Power in the Middle East M. Shahid Alam on the revolt against empire
A Surge of People Power in the Middle EastM. Shahid Alam on the revolt against empire
Egypt: Battle of the Narratives Justin Raimondo debunks two conspiracy theories
Egypt: Battle of the Narratives
Justin Raimondo debunks two conspiracy theories
Justin Raimondo debunks two conspiracy theories
More Protests Planned in Jordan -- Wall Street Journal
More Protests Planned in Jordan -- Wall Street Journal
AMMAN—Jordan's powerful Islamist party said it plans to organize new mass protests on Friday to mark its opposition to the appointment of a new prime minister.
The new premier, Maruf Bakhit, started talks Wednesday on the formation of a new government, a day after the previous government was fired by Jordan's King Abdullah II.
Mr. Bakhit was appointed with a mandate to introduce "true" political reforms, in an effort to damp down growing popular anger about rising fuel and food prices and political malaise. But the change of premier has failed to appease the Islamic Action Party, the country's largest political group, which wants the role to be selected by popular elections.
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More News On The Unrest In Jordan
Jordan Premier Talks With Opposition -- New York Times
After Egypt's protests, Jordan's king faces more assertive public -- Christian Science Monitor
Jordan's New PM Begins Talks on Forming Cabinet -- Voice of America
Jordan's government tumbles in wake of Egypt unrest -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News
Jordan's King Abdullah dismisses government and appoints new PM -- BBC
Jordan's Islamists demand newly appointed prime minister step down, stage fresh protests -- Canadian Press
Secular Anti-Government Forces in Jordan -- FOX News
Jordan Islamists skeptical over new premier Bakhit -- M&C
Jordan's King Abdullah shuffles cabinet, but few see an Egypt in the making -- Christian Science Monitor
Analysis: Jordan's king seeks to shore up tribal support -- Reuters
In Jordan, the King Decides It's the Right Time to Clean House -- Time Magazine
Why Jordan Is Not a Regional Domino -- Robert Danin, Council On Foreign Relations
Yemen Protests Threaten to Hobble U.S. Fight Against Al-Qaeda
Yemen Protests Threaten to Hobble U.S. Fight Against Al-Qaeda
The Al Jazeera Revolution - By Lawrence Pintak
The Al Jazeera Revolution - By Lawrence Pintak
The satellite television station is seizing the message away from the bland propaganda of Arab autocrats.
Iran, China Block Outside Sites to Muzzle Mideast News
Iran, China Block Outside Sites to Muzzle Mideast News
Obama and Egypt: Some History from Dissident Voice by Paul Street
The recent remarkable and revolutionary unrest in the Arab world and particularly in Egypt has created an awkward dilemma for the Obama administration. Despite his campaign rhetoric of “change,” Barack Obama has continued the basic George W. Bush policy of encouraging an anti-Iran alliance between Israel and so-called moderate Arab states. These “moderate” states include Egypt’s atrocious police-state dictatorship and Saudi Arabia’s misogynist theocracy, which is perhaps the most reactionary government on earth. All of these states have continued to be lavishly funded by the United States under Obama—ironically enough given Obama’s following comment in his (not-so) anti-Iraq war speech in Chicago in the fall of 2002: “You want a fight, President Bush? Let’s fight to make sure our so-called allies in the Middle East, the Saudis and the Egyptians, stop oppressing their own people, and suppressing dissent, and tolerating corruption and inequality and mismanaging their economies so that their youth grow up without education, without prospects, without hope…” Six and a half years later, Obama as U.S. president refused even to call Egypt’s dictator Hosni Mubarak “authoritarian” (much less a dictator). He praised the Egyptian government as “a force for stability and good in the region.” He claimed to have been “struck” by the “wisdom and graciousness” of Saudi king Abdullah, the head of state in a nation that regularly practiced public beheadings. These comments amounted to a clear endorsement of torture, martial law, secret police, and worse in the Middle East.1
Egypt's Protesters Will Spark Global Mass Movements
Egypt's Protesters Will Spark Global Mass Movements
Internet and Globalization's Positives
by John Stanton
Commentary, Opinion and Editorials on Egypt - February 2, 2011
America's Islamist Dilemma - Shadi Hamid, Los Angeles Times
How Revolution Blindsided U.S., Cairo - Levinson, Coker & Solomon, WSJ
The Arab Revolution Grows Up - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Why Israel Is Worried About Egypt - Yossi Klein Halevi, NY Times
Tired, Old Britain Has Withdrawn from World - Simon Heffer, Telegraph
David Cameron Grabs Britain's Political Third Rail - Alex Massie, FP
Engage Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood - Ed Husain, Financial Times
Egypt's Revolt Has Iran in a Spin - Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
U.S. Missed an Historic Opportunity - Paul Wolfowitz, The Enterprise Blog
Feeling Sorry for Mubarak - Con Coughlin, Daily Telegraph
Why China Isn't Like Egypt - Mu Chunshan, China Power
ElBaradei and Egypt's Nuclear Future - Jeremy Bernstein, NYR Blog
Violence Erupts in Egypt - Shadid, Kirkpatrick & Fahim, New York Times
Arab Awakening or Dawn of a Dark Age? - Greg Sheridan, The Australia
Beyond Mubarak - New York Times
Tough Choices for Jordan's King Abdullah - Jerusalem PostFreedom Inevitable for the Mideast - Rami Khouri, Daily Star
Netanyahu Faces Major Decisions Ahead - Aluf Benn, Haaretz
Avoiding an Iran-Style Tragedy in Egypt - American Enterprise Institute
The Mubarak Era Is Over - Council on Foreign Relations
Time Has Come for Mubarak to Go - Brookings Institution
Iranian Revolution Echoes in Egypt - Abbas Milani & Michael Totten, PJM
Egypt Won't Turn Out Like Iran - Thomas Carothers, The New Republic
Obama's Woodrow Wilson Moment - Kate Seelye, Huffington Post
Obama Following a Very Risky Strategy With Egypt - Dick Morris, The Hill
An Ally Is Pushed to the Exit - Landler, Cooper & Kirkpatrick, NY Times
Decades of U.S. Policy Upended - Lakshmanan, Carey & Derhally, Bloomberg
Before Egypt, After Egypt - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Obama's 1979 - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
Mubarak Is Going, But Egypt Still Needs Stability - The Telegraph
Iranian Revolution Echoes in Egypt - Abbas Milani & Michael Totten, PJM
Egypt Won't Turn Out Like Iran - Thomas Carothers, The New Republic
Obama's Woodrow Wilson Moment - Kate Seelye, Huffington Post
Obama Following a Very Risky Strategy With Egypt - Dick Morris, The Hill
An Ally Is Pushed to the Exit - Landler, Cooper & Kirkpatrick, NY Times
Decades of U.S. Policy Upended - Lakshmanan, Carey & Derhally, Bloomberg
Before Egypt, After Egypt - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Obama's 1979 - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
Egypt's Future Will Be Decided by Military - Jed Babbin, RealClearPolitics
America's Islamist Dilemma - Shadi Hamid, Los Angeles Times
Would Muslim Brotherhood Close Suez Canal? - Joel Hilliker, The Trumpe
How Revolution Blindsided U.S., Cairo - Levinson, Coker & Solomon, WSJ
The Arab Revolution Grows Up - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Why Israel Is Worried About Egypt - Yossi Klein Halevi, NY Times
Tired, Old Britain Has Withdrawn from World - Simon Heffer, Telegraph
David Cameron Grabs Britain's Political Third Rail - Alex Massie, FP
Engage Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood - Ed Husain, Financial Times
Egypt's Revolt Has Iran in a Spin - Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
U.S. Missed an Historic Opportunity - Paul Wolfowitz, The Enterprise Blog
Feeling Sorry for Mubarak - Con Coughlin, Daily Telegraph
Why China Isn't Like Egypt - Mu Chunshan, China Power
ElBaradei and Egypt's Nuclear Future - Jeremy Bernstein, NYR Blog
Violence Erupts in Egypt - Shadid, Kirkpatrick & Fahim, New York Times
Arab Awakening or Dawn of a Dark Age? - Greg Sheridan, The Australia
Beyond Mubarak - New York Times
Tough Choices for Jordan's King Abdullah - Jerusalem PostFreedom Inevitable for the Mideast - Rami Khouri, Daily Star
Netanyahu Faces Major Decisions Ahead - Aluf Benn, Haaretz
Avoiding an Iran-Style Tragedy in Egypt - American Enterprise Institute
The Mubarak Era Is Over - Council on Foreign Relations
Time Has Come for Mubarak to Go - Brookings Institution
Iranian Revolution Echoes in Egypt - Abbas Milani & Michael Totten, PJM
Egypt Won't Turn Out Like Iran - Thomas Carothers, The New Republic
Obama's Woodrow Wilson Moment - Kate Seelye, Huffington Post
Obama Following a Very Risky Strategy With Egypt - Dick Morris, The Hill
An Ally Is Pushed to the Exit - Landler, Cooper & Kirkpatrick, NY Times
Decades of U.S. Policy Upended - Lakshmanan, Carey & Derhally, Bloomberg
Before Egypt, After Egypt - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Obama's 1979 - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
Mubarak Is Going, But Egypt Still Needs Stability - The Telegraph
Iranian Revolution Echoes in Egypt - Abbas Milani & Michael Totten, PJM
Egypt Won't Turn Out Like Iran - Thomas Carothers, The New Republic
Obama's Woodrow Wilson Moment - Kate Seelye, Huffington Post
Obama Following a Very Risky Strategy With Egypt - Dick Morris, The Hill
An Ally Is Pushed to the Exit - Landler, Cooper & Kirkpatrick, NY Times
Decades of U.S. Policy Upended - Lakshmanan, Carey & Derhally, Bloomberg
Before Egypt, After Egypt - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Obama's 1979 - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
Egypt's Future Will Be Decided by Military - Jed Babbin, RealClearPolitics
America's Islamist Dilemma - Shadi Hamid, Los Angeles Times
Would Muslim Brotherhood Close Suez Canal? - Joel Hilliker, The Trumpe
Marjorie Cohn | US Chickens Come Home to Roost in Egypt
Marjorie Cohn | US Chickens Come Home to Roost in Egypt
Marjorie Cohn, Truthout: "Barack Obama, like his predecessors, has supported Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to the tune of $1.3 billion annually, mostly in military aid. In return, Egypt minds US interests in the Middle East, notably providing a buffer between Israel and the rest of the Arab world. Egypt collaborates with Israel to isolate Gaza with a punishing blockade, to the consternation of Arabs throughout the Middle East. The United States could not have fought its wars in Iraq without Egypt's logistical support."
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Marjorie Cohn, Truthout: "Barack Obama, like his predecessors, has supported Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to the tune of $1.3 billion annually, mostly in military aid. In return, Egypt minds US interests in the Middle East, notably providing a buffer between Israel and the rest of the Arab world. Egypt collaborates with Israel to isolate Gaza with a punishing blockade, to the consternation of Arabs throughout the Middle East. The United States could not have fought its wars in Iraq without Egypt's logistical support."
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Juan Cole | Saad's Revolution
Juan Cole | Saad's Revolution
Juan Cole, Truthdig: "A largely unheralded hero of the Egyptian revolution is a mild-mannered academic who endured imprisonment and then exile for daring to criticize the Mubarak family's increasingly dynastic ambitions. Saad Eddin Ibrahim has spoken out forcefully on human rights and democracy for decades, and he is finally being vindicated. But his message that the United States needs to support democracy in the Arab world and put aside its paranoia about Muslim fundamentalist movements may be unpalatable to Washington's elites."
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Juan Cole, Truthdig: "A largely unheralded hero of the Egyptian revolution is a mild-mannered academic who endured imprisonment and then exile for daring to criticize the Mubarak family's increasingly dynastic ambitions. Saad Eddin Ibrahim has spoken out forcefully on human rights and democracy for decades, and he is finally being vindicated. But his message that the United States needs to support democracy in the Arab world and put aside its paranoia about Muslim fundamentalist movements may be unpalatable to Washington's elites."
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Will Companies and Organizations Step Up to the Challenge in the New Green Economy?
Will Companies and Organizations Step Up to the Challenge in the New Green Economy?
This week's Solutions column is inspired by an article and video by Robert Bell Ph.D., professor of management and chair of the Department of Finance and Business Management, Brooklyn College, City University of New York. He is the author of "The Green Bubble- Waste Into Wealth: the New Energy Revolution," Abbeville Press, New York, 2008. In today's column he looks at the need for the US and other countries to create a green-based economy by phasing out fossil fuels. He believes the solution to this challenge is for companies and other organizations to embrace the change and prosper in doing so.
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This week's Solutions column is inspired by an article and video by Robert Bell Ph.D., professor of management and chair of the Department of Finance and Business Management, Brooklyn College, City University of New York. He is the author of "The Green Bubble- Waste Into Wealth: the New Energy Revolution," Abbeville Press, New York, 2008. In today's column he looks at the need for the US and other countries to create a green-based economy by phasing out fossil fuels. He believes the solution to this challenge is for companies and other organizations to embrace the change and prosper in doing so.
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Democracy in Egypt: The US and Israel Can Adapt and They Will
Democracy in Egypt: The US and Israel Can Adapt and They Will
Robert Naiman, Truthout: "Democracy is coming to Egypt. People outside of Egypt who consider that inconvenient to their current policies may kvetch, but ultimately they can adapt and they will, because as it becomes increasingly obvious that democratic change is a fait accompli, adaptation will appear superior to any conceivable alternative."
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Robert Naiman, Truthout: "Democracy is coming to Egypt. People outside of Egypt who consider that inconvenient to their current policies may kvetch, but ultimately they can adapt and they will, because as it becomes increasingly obvious that democratic change is a fait accompli, adaptation will appear superior to any conceivable alternative."
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Yemen's Leader Pledges Not to Seek Re-Election
Yemen's Leader Pledges Not to Seek Re-Election
Laura Kasinof and Nada Bakri, The New York Times News Service: "President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen said Wednesday that he would not run for re-election when his term ends in 2013. The announcement was a stunning concession to protesters and another reverberation of the popular anger that has rocked the Arab world in recent weeks. Mr. Saleh, an American ally who has been in office for 32 years, said that his eldest son, Ahmed, who heads the elite Republican Guard, would not seek the presidency either. Opponents of the government had feared that Mr. Saleh would try to pass power to his son."
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Laura Kasinof and Nada Bakri, The New York Times News Service: "President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen said Wednesday that he would not run for re-election when his term ends in 2013. The announcement was a stunning concession to protesters and another reverberation of the popular anger that has rocked the Arab world in recent weeks. Mr. Saleh, an American ally who has been in office for 32 years, said that his eldest son, Ahmed, who heads the elite Republican Guard, would not seek the presidency either. Opponents of the government had feared that Mr. Saleh would try to pass power to his son."
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Watch Live: Revolution in Egypt Watch Al Jazeera English's coverage, live on the scene in Egypt. Watch the Stream
Watch Live: Revolution in Egypt
Watch Al Jazeera English's coverage, live on the scene in Egypt.
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Watch Al Jazeera English's coverage, live on the scene in Egypt.
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Clashes Erupt in Cairo Between Mubarak's Allies and Foes
Clashes Erupt in Cairo Between Mubarak's Allies and Foes
Anthony Shadid, David D. Kirkpatrick and Kareem Fahim, The New York Times News Service: "President Obama's calls for a rapid transition to a new order in Egypt seemed eclipsed on Wednesday as a choreographed surge of thousands of people chanting support for the Egyptian leader, Hosni Mubarak, fought running battles with a larger number of antigovernment protesters in and around Cairo's Tahrir Square. Both sides exchanges volleys of Molotov cocktails and rocks, while the military restricted itself mostly to guarding the Egyptian Museum and using water cannons to extinguish the flames."
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Anthony Shadid, David D. Kirkpatrick and Kareem Fahim, The New York Times News Service: "President Obama's calls for a rapid transition to a new order in Egypt seemed eclipsed on Wednesday as a choreographed surge of thousands of people chanting support for the Egyptian leader, Hosni Mubarak, fought running battles with a larger number of antigovernment protesters in and around Cairo's Tahrir Square. Both sides exchanges volleys of Molotov cocktails and rocks, while the military restricted itself mostly to guarding the Egyptian Museum and using water cannons to extinguish the flames."
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Al Qaeda Acquires Nuclear Weapons? Wikileaks has some bad news to report.
| Al Qaeda Acquires Nuclear Weapons? Wikileaks has some bad news to report. | ||
Why Israel Is Standing Up for Their Ally Mubarak
Here is some interesting information from Haaretz in Israel.
"The Americans and the Europeans are being pulled along by public opinion and aren't considering their genuine interests," one senior Israeli official said. "Even if they are critical of Mubarak they have to make their friends feel that they're not alone. Jordan and Saudi Arabia see the reactions in the West, how everyone is abandoning Mubarak, and this will have very serious implications."Of course, the U.S. and the Europeans are pursuing their interests as they see them. What they are not doing is pursuing Israel's interests. And Israel is growing alarmed in exactly the same way that this "senior Israel official" says that the Kings of Jordan and Saudi Arabia are growing alarmed.
Jimmy Carter Target of Malicious Lawsuit for Authoring Palestine: Peace not Apartheid
Jimmy Carter has long been the target of what MJ Rosenberg calls "the Status Quo Lobby" (he's right to deny them the "pro-Israel" label).
Now an enterprising attorney has filed a class-action suit against the former president -- and publisher Simon and Shuster -- that can only be seen as an ideologically-driven nuisance lawsuit.
From Tablet:
Yesterday, a class action (download here) was filed in Manhattan federal court accusing Jimmy Carter and Simon & Schuster of consumer fraud for the former president’s 2006 book, Palestine Peace Not Apartheid. It alleges that the author and publisher marketed the book as a totally factual account of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in part based on the credibility of a former president and key character in the history, but that the book actually contains “demonstrable falsehoods, omissions, and knowing misrepresentations designed to promote Carter’s agenda of anti-Israel propaganda.”
WikiLeaks Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Promoting Freedom of Speech
Julian Assange's whistle-blower website WikiLeaks has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegian politician Snorre Valen, who was behind the nod, tells Reuters. Valen called WikiLeaks one of the century's "most important contributors to freedom of speech and transparency" and said that "[b]y disclosing information about corruption, human rights abuses and war crimes, WikiLeaks is a natural contender for the Nobel Peace Prize."
Can you imagine the sh*tstorm that would ensue if WikiLeaks actually won? The way the government is scrutinizing and dragging through the mud everyone involved with the site, you can bet the Nobel committee would feel major heat if they awarded WikiLeaks the prize.
Is El Baradei Egypt's Hero? Steven A. Cook
Is El Baradei Egypt's Hero?
Steven A. CookThe return of Mohamed El Baradei to Egypt has raised questions about the country's political system and the rule of President Hosni Mubarak. Is reform possible, and if so, is El Baradei the man to lead it? Read
Beyond Moderates and Militants Robert Malley and Peter Harling
Beyond Moderates and Militants
Robert Malley and Peter HarlingWith protests raging across the Middle East, how should Washington respond? In an essay from the September/October issue, Robert Malley and Peter Harling argue that the Obama administration must recognize that there is not a clean divide between a moderate pro-American camp and an extremist militant axis. Read
Letter From Cairo Eric Trager
Letter From Cairo
Eric TragerAs protests continue in Egypt, both sides -- the protesters in the streets and the Mubarak regime -- are wondering exactly which side the Egyptian military is supporting. Does the army hold the key to the country's political endgame? Read
Israel's Neighborhood Watch Yossi Klein Halevi
Israel's Neighborhood Watch
Yossi Klein HaleviWith the Muslim Brotherhood poised to gain influence in Egypt, Israel sees itself as almost completely encircled by hostile forces. Is an Egyptian-Iranian alliance a possibility -- and where would this leave the future of a sovereign Palestinian state? Read
The U.S.-Egyptian Breakup Steven A. Cook
The U.S.-Egyptian Breakup
Steven A. CookWith the political era of Hosni Mubarak coming to an end, is the strategic relationship between Cairo and Washington similarly finished? The Obama administration must scale back its ambitions to affect change in Cairo. Read
B.E., Before Egypt. A.E., After Egypt. By: Thomas L. Friedman | The New York Times
B.E., Before Egypt. A.E., After Egypt.
By: Thomas L. Friedman | The New York Times I’m meeting a retired Israeli general at a Tel Aviv hotel. As I take my seat, he begins the conversation with: “Well, everything we thought for the last 30 years is no longer relevant.”
That pretty much sums up the disorienting sense of shock and awe that the popular uprising in Egypt has inflicted on the psyche of Israel’s establishment. The peace treaty with a stable Egypt was the unspoken foundation for every geopolitical and economic policy in Israel for the last 35 years, and now it’s gone. It’s as if Americans suddenly woke up and found both Mexico and Canada plunged into turmoil on the same day.
“Everything that once anchored our world is now unmoored,” remarked Mark Heller, a Tel Aviv University strategist. “And it is happening right at a moment when nuclearization of the region hangs in the air.”
By: Thomas L. Friedman | The New York Times I’m meeting a retired Israeli general at a Tel Aviv hotel. As I take my seat, he begins the conversation with: “Well, everything we thought for the last 30 years is no longer relevant.”
That pretty much sums up the disorienting sense of shock and awe that the popular uprising in Egypt has inflicted on the psyche of Israel’s establishment. The peace treaty with a stable Egypt was the unspoken foundation for every geopolitical and economic policy in Israel for the last 35 years, and now it’s gone. It’s as if Americans suddenly woke up and found both Mexico and Canada plunged into turmoil on the same day.
“Everything that once anchored our world is now unmoored,” remarked Mark Heller, a Tel Aviv University strategist. “And it is happening right at a moment when nuclearization of the region hangs in the air.”
Israel, Alone Again? By: YOSSI KLEIN HALEVI | International Herald Tribune
Israel, Alone Again?
By: YOSSI KLEIN HALEVI | International Herald Tribune ISRAELIS want to rejoice over the outbreak of protests in Egypt’s city squares. They want to believe that this is the Arab world’s 1989 moment. Perhaps, they say, the poisonous reflex of blaming the Jewish state for the Middle East’s ills will be replaced by an honest self-assessment.
But few Israelis really believe in that hopeful outcome. Instead, the grim assumption is that it is just a matter of time before the only real opposition group in Egypt, the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, takes power. Israelis fear that Egypt will go the way of Iran or Turkey, with Islamists gaining control through violence or gradual co-optation.
By: YOSSI KLEIN HALEVI | International Herald Tribune ISRAELIS want to rejoice over the outbreak of protests in Egypt’s city squares. They want to believe that this is the Arab world’s 1989 moment. Perhaps, they say, the poisonous reflex of blaming the Jewish state for the Middle East’s ills will be replaced by an honest self-assessment.
But few Israelis really believe in that hopeful outcome. Instead, the grim assumption is that it is just a matter of time before the only real opposition group in Egypt, the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, takes power. Israelis fear that Egypt will go the way of Iran or Turkey, with Islamists gaining control through violence or gradual co-optation.
Egypt's Next Steps By: Ahmed Zewail | International Herald Tribune
Egypt's Next Steps
By: Ahmed Zewail | International Herald Tribune CAIRO — The revolt that has erupted across Egypt is in many ways historic and should take the nation into a hopeful future. What’s unexpected, even by the Egyptians themselves, is that this intifada is led by youth, the so-called Facebook children, with no religious or ideological agenda other than a better future for Egypt and its people.
In this difficult time, the military has earned the expected respect of the masses by acting professionally to maintain safety and stability as the guardian of the Egyptian people. By reclaiming the future while maintaining stability, these two forces of the youth and the military offer great hope for an orderly transition to a new Egypt.
By: Ahmed Zewail | International Herald Tribune CAIRO — The revolt that has erupted across Egypt is in many ways historic and should take the nation into a hopeful future. What’s unexpected, even by the Egyptians themselves, is that this intifada is led by youth, the so-called Facebook children, with no religious or ideological agenda other than a better future for Egypt and its people.
In this difficult time, the military has earned the expected respect of the masses by acting professionally to maintain safety and stability as the guardian of the Egyptian people. By reclaiming the future while maintaining stability, these two forces of the youth and the military offer great hope for an orderly transition to a new Egypt.
A Second Chance for Democracy in Egypt By: Maher Hathout
Second Chance for Democracy in Egypt
By: Maher Hathout | The Wall Street Journal
By: Maher Hathout | The Wall Street Journal
Over the Horizon: Regime Change and the Egyptian Military By: Robert Farley | World Politics Review
Over the Horizon: Regime Change and the Egyptian Military
By: Robert Farley | World Politics ReviewThe political situation in Egypt remains uncertain, with the still-in-question loyalty of the Egyptian army all that will determine whether or not President Hosni Mubarak survives as the country's leader. However, even if Mubarak manages to hold onto power, change is increasingly likely, and Egypt's potential political transformation over the upcoming months could have a large impact not only on the Egyptian military itself, but also on the military balance in the region. For the first time since the 1970s, Israeli military planners may have to take Egyptian military potential seriously, while other states in the region will also take note of any changes in the nature of Egypt's armed forces.
By: Robert Farley | World Politics ReviewThe political situation in Egypt remains uncertain, with the still-in-question loyalty of the Egyptian army all that will determine whether or not President Hosni Mubarak survives as the country's leader. However, even if Mubarak manages to hold onto power, change is increasingly likely, and Egypt's potential political transformation over the upcoming months could have a large impact not only on the Egyptian military itself, but also on the military balance in the region. For the first time since the 1970s, Israeli military planners may have to take Egyptian military potential seriously, while other states in the region will also take note of any changes in the nature of Egypt's armed forces.
The West's Itch to Meddle Is No Help. Leave Egypt Alone By: Simon Jenkins | The Guardian
The West's Itch to Meddle Is No Help. Leave Egypt Alone
By: Simon Jenkins | The GuardianOur sole contribution to Muslim states wrestling with self-determination is plunging their neighbours into bloodbath and chaos
By: Simon Jenkins | The GuardianOur sole contribution to Muslim states wrestling with self-determination is plunging their neighbours into bloodbath and chaos
China-Wary, India and Indonesia Get Closer By: Rajeev Sharma | Diplomatic Courier
China-Wary, India and Indonesia Get Closer
By: Rajeev Sharma | Diplomatic Courier
By: Rajeev Sharma | Diplomatic Courier
Thinking the Unthinkable: Is the Gulf Next? By: James M. Dorsey | World Politics Review
Thinking the Unthinkable: Is the Gulf Next?
By: James M. Dorsey | World Politics Review
By: James M. Dorsey | World Politics Review
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