Egypt Video Analysis: Democracy, Bread, & A Coup

Posted by Scott Lucas | Jul 7, 2013 | 0

Democracy or not-democracy? Coup or not-coup? A four-point guide to the developments in Egypt:

1. This was not a failure of democracy, it was a failure to deliver basics to the Egyptian people.
2. This failure was compounded by a politically dysfunctional system.
3. Why did the military intervene now?
4. What next?

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Scott Lucas

Scott Lucas is Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin; Professor Emeritus of International Politics at the University of Birmingham; and editor-in-chief of EA WorldView.He is a specialist in US and British foreign policy and international relations, especially the Middle East and Iran. Formerly he worked as a journalist in the US, writing for newspapers including the Guardian and The Independent and was an essayist for The New Statesman before he founded EA WorldView in November 2008.

Egypt Video Analysis: Democracy, Bread, & A Coup

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