Coup or whatchamacallit, Egypt is not Algeria, Pakistan, or any ‘stan

The “deep divisions” between secular and Islamist Egyptians are now being superseded by the yawning gap between the “it’s coup” and “it’s not a coup” camps. That’s all a matter of semantics. But one thing’s for sure, it’s not Algeria.

Why Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, and its Opponents, Denounce the United States

Beyond the army’s dramatic intervention, Egypt’s near-term political evolution will be impossible to predict.

Islamists, tribes, trends: Getting it right and wrong in the Libyan elections

The naysayers may now eat their words: contrary to the dire predictions so popular in some circles, the Libyan elections went smoothly. Now what about that much-predicted Islamist wave?