Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN Collage of election pictures By Ernest Corea IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis WASHINGTON DC (IDN) – "This first round (of post-Mubarak elections in Egypt) was truly great. No violence, good participation, many candidates. Orderly queues, waiting hours if need be….It is a most promising start for a new future. The people [...]
EGYPT: It’s January Again in Tahrir Square
November 23, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO, Nov 23, 2011 (IPS) – Days of clashes between protesters and security forces culminated on Tuesday evening in what was estimated to be a million-man rally in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to demand an end to military rule. The new political [...]
Scrubbing Egypt Clean of Mubarak
June 26, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Cam McGrath CAIRO, Jun 25, 2011 (IPS) – Throughout Egypt the once-ubiquitous name and image of ousted president Hosni Mubarak is becoming increasingly scarce as citizens attempt to purge the land of the former dictator’s tarnished legacy. For three decades, officials hoping to curry favour with the [...]
EGYPT: Political Punch with a Religious Thrust
May 26, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO, May 26, 2011 (IPS) – More than three months since the fall of the Mubarak regime, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood movement is well on its way to forming its first official political party since its inception in 1928. But while the [...]
Arab Spring Solidarity Defies National Boundaries
May 25, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jasmin Ramsey VANCOUVER, May 25, 2011 (IPS) – Ever since the ousting of Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, ordinary citizens have been leading uprisings all over North Africa and the Middle East against unwanted rulers. But what is now known as the "Arab Awakening" is [...]
Moves to Undermine Egyptian Revolution
May 2, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa Al-Omrani CAIRO, May 1, 2011 (IPS) – More than two months since former president Hosni Mubarak was forced from office after 30 years in power, local political figures and analysts warn of "counterrevolutionary elements" still working behind the scenes to thwart Egypt’s [...]
EGYPT: Press Freedom Comes With a few Red Lines
May 2, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Cam McGrath CAIRO, May 2, 2011 (IPS) – The collapse of autocratic regimes in Tunisia and Egypt has broken the state’s stranglehold on the local press, but journalists and bloggers must still be careful what they say. "The red lines are very blurry at the moment," says [...]
There Will Be No Khomeini in Egypt, The Military Say
April 11, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Baher Kamal* IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis CAIRO (IDN) – "Egypt will not be Gaza or Iran, nor will it be ruled by a Khomeini." This is what the Supreme Military Council (SMC) of Egyptian armed forces, which manages the fate of this country since the popular overthrow of [...]
Egypt and Iran Break Diplomatic Ice
April 8, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Bernhard Schell IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis CAIRO (IDN) – U.S.-backed president Hosni Mubarak’s ouster in a popular uprising in February would have a significant diplomatic fallout if intensive efforts by Egypt and Iran to re-establish diplomatic relations, frozen for the last about 30 years, produce positive results. That [...]
Egypt Continues March to Democracy
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN Woman casting her vote By Ernest Corea* IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis WASHINGTON DC (IDN) – As the January 23 deadline for the inauguration of Egypt’s first post-Mubarak People’s Assembly (parliament) approaches, the thoughts of politically conscious Egyptians must inevitably turn to the conundrums that lie beyond the recently concluded elections. [...]