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By Michelle Pace On Sunday 24 June 2012, Egypt’s presidential election commission announced that Muslim Brotherhood (MB) candidate Dr Mohamed Morsi won the presidency, defeating ex-premier Ahmed Shafiq. Morsi has thus become the first Islamist to be elected head of an Arab state. The “international community’s reaction to Morsi’s win was surprisingly upbeat: Foreign Secretary William Hague . . . → Read More: Morsi: Egypt’s New President By Michelle Pace 2011 was a truly historical turning point – it was a year which fundamentally changed the European Union’s (EU) previous assumption about the Middle East and North African (MENA) region – that the fall of Arab autocrats was not imminent and that the dictators of the region would remain . . . → Read More: Impact of events in Egypt on the EU: Can any lessons be learnt from the Arab Spring? How “The Family” Controlled Tunisia By Michelle Dunne & Mara Revkin (http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=43095) Referendum date: March 19, 2011. Polling will be conducted between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Number of eligible voters: Approximately 45 million Egyptians over the age of 18 are eligible to vote, excluding members of the judiciary, armed forces, and police. Voter cards: Voting will be conducted with national . . . → Read More: Egypt’s Constitutional Referendum What an extraordinary fortnight it’s been in the MENA region! Anti-government protests spread to the second country after Tunisia considered by pundits the least likely in the region to experience such uprisings, Egypt. As observers currently wonder whether Egypt’s “democratic window” has already closed, one thing is certain: Mubarak’s rein has come to an end. Whatever happens to . . . → Read More: Egypt on the brink |
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