All dictatorships throughout history have relied on the ruthless support of security apparatuses. The situation in Egypt from the late twentieth century until the present has been no exception. The recent parliamentary elections are a stark example (...)
Mohamed ElBaradei visited the United States last week and spoke at two universities where I teach, Harvard and Tufts, in the city of Boston. There, ElBaradei met with the Egyptian expatriate community, who eagerly rushed from cities across the East (...)