Protesters supporting former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi demonstrate behind riot policemen near Cairo University on July 4 Photo: REUTERS
It Is Capitalism, Not Democracy, That The Arab World Needs Most -- Fraser Nelson, The Telegraph
Property rights for aid: this could be the most effective anti-poverty strategy in history
To watch events in Egypt is like seeing a videotape of the Arab Spring being played backwards. The ballot box has been kicked away, the constitution torn up, the military has announced the name of a puppet president – and crowds assemble in Tahrir Square to go wild with joy. The Saudi Arabian monarchy, which was so nervous two years ago, has telegrammed its congratulations to Cairo’s generals. To the delight of autocrats everywhere, Egypt’s brief experiment with democracy seems to have ended in embarrassing failure.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Special Report: Mursi's downfall -- Yasmine Saleh and Paul Taylor, Reuters
Mobs make fickle friends. Egypt is not Les Misérables -- Simon Jenkins, The Guardian
Morsi has fallen, but Hamas may be as big a loser -- Mitch Ginsburg, Times of Israel
What Will Happen to the Suez Canal? -- Michael Rubin, Commentary
Fighting Communism, One Athlete at a Time -- Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore, New York Times
What happened to India’s economic miracle? -- William Dalrymple, New Statesman
Portugal in Crisis: Austerity hits a dead end in Lisbon. -- Wall Street Journal
South America Sees the Snowden-ized Bolivian Flight as the New Imperialism -- Philip Bump, Atlantic Wire
Can America Build “Coalitions of the Willing?” -- James R. Holmes, The Diplomat
The N.S.A.’s Costly European Adventure -- Steve Coll, New Yorker
Edward Snowden is a whistleblower, not a spy – but do our leaders care? -- Spencer Ackerman, The Guardian
Moscow Is No Place for a Defector In fleeing to Russia, Edward Snowden joins a long, unhappy litany of American dissidents -- Peter Savodnik, The New Republic
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