Stress reveals the best and the worst

15 years ago

Stress brings out interesting things in both people and institutions. Egypt is under stress these days. What has been revealed?

Another big Friday: can Mubarak hang on?

15 years ago

Can Mubarak survive? I suppose anything is possible in this wild world, but I would also put my personal chips…

He’s a goner, but nothing else is clear yet

15 years ago

Stay tuned. The outcome is still unclear, even if it is moving in the direction of the protesters.

Surprise, we’re back!

15 years ago

The protesters will have to keep a while longer.

The world beyond Egypt

15 years ago

I've been so caught up in Egypt for 10 days, and Tunisia before that, I'm feeling the need for one…

Anyone out there interested in Macedonia?

15 years ago

The big threat in the Balkans today is lack of progress: on the Macedonia name issue, on Bosnia’s constitutional reforms,…

Is Obama selling out the protesters?

15 years ago

If Omar Suleiman is able to restore autocratic stability to Egypt, and if President Obama is perceived as having helped…

Cairo starts down a constitutional path to we know not where

15 years ago

For the moment, Cairo seems headed for the constitutional path to we know not where.

The super bowl of Egyptian politics

15 years ago

It seems to me that replacement of the current government with one that includes many people clearly and unequivocally devoted…

From the midst of uncertainty

15 years ago

After all the publicity, and the high-profile calls for substantive change and reform, it will be hard to defend Suleiman…