Commentaries And Analysis On The Crisis In Egypt -- July 4, 2013

Egypt Crisis: A Dangerous Moment For The Middle East -- Frank Gardner, BBC

The ousting of Egypt's President Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood after just one year in power may have been greeted with euphoria by their opponents, but the celebrations are likely to be short-lived. This is a dangerous moment, not just for Egypt but for the wider Middle East.

Deposing a democratically elected Islamist leader and suspending the constitution will be interpreted by many political Islamists as sending a blunt message: it doesn't necessarily pay to choose the ballot over the bullet.

There is a terrifying precedent here, in Algeria. In 1991 the Islamist party FIS won the first round of elections. Days later the president, under pressure from the secular military, dissolved parliament and annulled the elections.

Algeria's Islamist movement went underground and there followed a decade of insurgency in which more than 250,000 people lost their lives.

Remnants of that insurgency live on in the Sahara today, smuggling, extorting ransoms, and kidnapping and killing hostages.

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Commentaries And Analysis On The Crisis In Egypt

Egypt's coup: What we know so far -- Tim Hume, CNN
Egypt's revolutionaries should heed lessons from Algeria's bloody civil war -- Ian Black, The Guardian
Egypt's Cunning General: How the Military Plans to Keep Power -- Raniah Salloum, Spiegel Online
The army establishes a fragile peace in Egypt -- Telegraph ediorial
Egypt coup: the military has not just ousted Morsi. It has ousted democracy -- Fawaz Gerges, The Guardian
This is not a coup, but the will of Egypt's people -- Amira Nowaira, The Guardian
People power rises again -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
Witnessing a Coup in Egypt -- Eric Trager, WSJ
President Morsi Ousted: Egypt's Future Uncertain as Fear of Civil War Grows -- ABC News
Here’s why Egyptians are glad the military ousted their president -- Newvana Mahmoud, The Globe and Mail
With this 'roadmap' Egypt enters risky territory -- Ian Black, The Guardian
An Elected President Has Been Deposed: Egypt’s Party Looks Premature -- Karl Vick, Time
Picking a Political Unknown to Lead Egypt Sends Powerful Message -- Cecily Hilleary, Voice of America
Egyptians must quickly get back to the business of making democracy work -- Robert Fox, London Evening Standard
Egypt crisis: Revolutionary reset or something worse? -- Yolande Knell BBC News
What is the road ahead for Egypt? -- BBC
Egypt faces uncertain future -- BBC
What went wrong in Egypt? Everything -- Sarah Lynch and Oren Dorell, USA Today
Could Egypt be Headed for Civil Conflict? -- Cecily Hilleary, Voice of America
Obama Doubles Down on Egypt Folly -- Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary
U.S. must suspend aid after Egypt’s coup -- Washington Post editorial
After the Coup in Cairo -- Wall Street Journal
Egypt’s lost opportunity -- Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post
Downfall in Cairo: Morsy is out. The military is in. But it doesn't look good for anyone. -- Marc Lynch, Foreign Policy
Coup may give Egypt window to tackle economic problems -- Patrick Werr and Andrew Torchia, Reuters
Morsi’s ouster spells trouble for region’s other Islamist movements -- Liz Sly, Washington Post
Morsi's Fall a Blow to Islamists -- Hamza Hendawi & Lee Keath, Real Clear World
Where Does the Muslim Brotherhood Go From Here? Reckoning with Morsi's failure -- Nathan Brown, The New Republic
Insight - Downfall of Egypt's Brotherhood game-changer in Middle East -- Samia Nakhoul, Reuters