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The poverty of dictatorship
By Dani Rodrik CAMBRIDGE: Perhaps the most striking finding in the United Nations’…
US must understand the constructive role of faith in Egypt
By Dalia Mogahed ABU DHABI: During my visit to Cairo last month, I…
Why Egypt should worry China
By Barry Eichengreen BERKELEY: A strictly economic interpretation of events in Tunisia and…
Go now, Egyptian Nobel laureate tells Mubarak
By Alistair Lyon / Reuters CAIRO: US-Egyptian scientist Ahmed Zewail once received a…
Signs of hope in Egypt
By Laurna Strikwerda WASHINGTON, DC: Protestors in Egypt continue to fill Tahrir (Liberation)…
The Tunisian catalyst
By Joseph Stiglitz DAVOS: The whole world celebrates Tunisia’s democratic revolution, which has…
The politics of revolutionary surprise
By Timur Kuran DURHAM: In setting himself ablaze following a humiliating encounter with…
Decoding Egypt: A vindication of the right to revolt
By Nael Shama "When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right." (Victor…