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Egypt proves democracy means more than elections
News, Published on 12/07/2013
» An election is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for democracy. That's the lesson from the continuing upheaval in Egypt.
Egyptian coup sparks a reminder of Thailand's past
News, David Streckfuss, Published on 08/07/2013
» The coup in Egypt last week deserves examination for anyone interested in coups and democracies. And there are just enough similarities _ and differences _ to make a comparison with Thailand's own 2006 coup both enlightening and instructive.
Face of change needs more than a mask
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 05/06/2013
» Wearing a Guy Fawkes mask as a way of holding one's nose against the government seems to have caught on.
Corporates need a foreign policy, too
News, Published on 22/05/2013
» Google unintentionally sparked a diplomatic row earlier this month following its decision to change the name on its "Palestinian territories" homepage to "Palestine".
Democracy buried
News, Published on 23/12/2012
» By all appearances, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood political alliance are in firm control of the country after the second phase of voting on a referendum for the new constitution.
Lull in Gaza presents a slim opportunity
News, Published on 25/11/2012
» The attention of the world is focused once again on the Middle East in the hope that the fragile ceasefire brokered chiefly by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last Wednesday will hold. The ceasefire took effect after eight days of cross-border fighting that killed 163 Palestinians and six Israelis, but already there have been serious violations. Less than an hour after the ceasefire was announced, a 15-year-old Palestinian boy was killed by an unmanned drone, and on Friday one Palestinian was killed and at least 10 others wounded after Israeli soldiers stationed at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel opened fire on them, according to medical sources. The dead man was trying to put a Hamas flag on the fence that runs between the town of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza strip and Israel.
Jordan looks to Egypt for way ahead
News, Published on 11/07/2012
» The behaviour of Jordan's Royal Court in the days following the official announcement of the victory of the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi in Egypt's presidential election tells an intriguing story. At first, Jordan's King Abdullah II hesitated to sign a long-sought-after election law. This was followed by approval of the law, a request for its revision, and a surprise official meeting with the leader of Hamas.
Tumultuous time in Egypt
News, Published on 01/07/2012
» Maybe the most striking aspect of last weekend's historic and dramatic election in Egypt was how little it seemed to reflect the wishes of the people who courageously gathered in Tahrir Square to demand an end to the harsh rule of Hosni Mubarak after almost 30 years. According to live news reports at the time, the mostly young, tech-savvy demonstrators were overwhelmingly secular and anti-military in their political preferences. Yet the choice last weekend was between a member of the old guard which was propped up by Mubarak's military regime and a member of the religion-based Muslim Brotherhood outlawed by the regime.
Egypt's revolution not finished yet
News, Published on 06/06/2012
» 'Bashar should abandon power and retire safely in Egypt. The general-prosecutor is murder-friendly," a friend, referring to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, told me as we watched former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's trial in the Police Academy's criminal court. Although Mr Mubarak and his interior minister, Habib al-Adly, were handed life sentences at the conclusion of their trials, the generals who ran Egypt's apparatus of repression as deputy interior ministers were acquitted.
Guru in culture clash
News, Published on 30/05/2012
» Re: ''Marketing guru focuses on the sunny side in creating 'Brand Thailand''' (BP, May 27).