Democracy Is Not All That Different... -- Michael Singh, Shadow Government/Foreign Policy
In kayaking, you can choose one of two types of stability, but you cannot have both. A flat-bottomed kayak has high "initial stability" -- it appears to ride smoothly in the water, with little rocking back and forth. But it has low "final stability" -- in rough seas, it tends to quickly and catastrophically capsize. An angled-bottom kayak is just the opposite. With low initial stability, it takes more effort to guide and is prone to constant shifts from side to side. But these kayaks are faster and more efficient, and their high final stability means that they remain upright in stormy seas, and can recover even when turned nearly upside down.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Egyptians’ Fury Has Smoldered Beneath the Surface for Decades -- Michael Slackman, New York Times
Fear of Islamists Paralyzes the U.S. -- Tony Karon, Time Magazine
Israel Has Faith Mubarak Will Prevail -- Karl Vick, Time Magazine
Obama administration could still get it right on Egypt -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Peering into Egypt's Internet Black Hole -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy
What is happening in Egypt is not our business -- Peter Oborne, The Telegraph
Egypt Protests Show American Foreign-Policy Folly -- Stephen Kinzer, The Daily Beast
Egypt on Fire -- John McCormack, Weekly Standard
White House wobbles on Egyptian tightrope -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
ANALYSIS-Egyptian army could hold key to Mubarak's fate -- Reuters
Protests Rock Egypt -- Steven Cook, Council Of Foreign Relations
U.S. seeks balanced approach to Mideast turmoil -- Joby Warrick and Scott Wilson, Washington Post
Obama blowing it again in the Middle East -- Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
Danger in Egypt: Dustbins I Have Known -- Richard Fernandez, Pajamas Media
Terrorism in Russia -- Washington Post editorial
Irish election: this will be Ireland's chance to move on from 1921 -- Martin Kettle, The Guardian
Baghdad's Bad JuJu -- Kenneth M. Pollack, The National Interest
Back to Basics: The U.S. could have avoided a p.r. crisis in Kyrgyzstan if it had just asked questions about who it was doing business with. -- James Kirchick, The New Republic
Can the Nuclear Talks With Iran Be Saved?: Perhaps not, but here's a proposal worth trying. -- Olli Heinonen, Foreign Policy
Why Palestine papers didn't spark outrage against Abbas's government -- Joshua Mitnick, Christian Science Monitor
Is This Lebanon’s Final Revolution? -- Nicholas Noe, New York Times
The End of China’s Surplus -- Martin Feldstein, Project Syndicate
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