Facing a reinvigorated protest movement and multiple rounds of elections, Egypt is in the middle of a critical stage of its transition with no agreement among political forces about what the next steps should be. Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) lost popularity after a harsh crackdown on mass protests in Cairo and other major cities on November 19. At the same time, the Muslim Brotherhood faces the new challenges of maintaining internal unity and building political coalitions after winning big in the first stage of parliamentary elections that began on November 28.
The American University of Cairo's Bahgat Korany discussed the major challenges facing the country. Carnegie's Marina Ottaway moderated.
Unless the Islamists and liberals can find a way to coexist in Egyptian politics, Egypt risks falling into a new authoritarianism, with the military and the liberals undermining the democratic process to prevent Islamist participation.
No one is fully knowledgeable about the state of the Syrian economy, how exactly it has been affected by the events taking place in the country, or how to interpret the choice economic indicators issued by Syrian officials.
The U.S. pivot to the Asia-Pacific has created both tension and opportunity in its relations with China.
The gap between the efforts to deepen integration in order to save the euro and what most people really think should happen is wider than it has ever been before.
The Russian political system is likely to undergo some changes this year, perhaps even serious ones — not because Putin wants them, but because elements of Putin's inner circle are convinced that the government must take some of the protesters' demands seriously.
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