Commentaries, Editorials, And Analysis On The Crisis In Egypt

"It will take time for a more accurate picture to emerge of the events that have begun on August 14, but it is a day that will go down as a watershed moment," writes Daniel Levy [Reuters]

Who Will Pick Up The Pieces In Egypt? -- Daniel Levy, Al Jazeera

Daniel Levy analyses where Egypt stands and what it's future may hold.

It will take time for a more accurate picture to emerge of the events that have begun on August 14, but it is a day that will go down as a watershed moment, and a very bloody one, in the Egyptian upheavals of the early 21st Century - start date: January 25, 2011; end date: unknown. How events unfolded, the numbers of dead, injured and arrested will all be contested. The official version, that of the post-coup military led regime, will be the one that most Egyptians hear through their own media, a media increasingly reminiscent of the Mubarak era. The crackdown when it arrived was sudden, disproportionate and cruel, not the gradual siege and squeeze foretold in official leaks, which now seem to have been part of an intentional misinformation campaign.

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Commentaries, Editorials, And Analysis On The Crisis In Egypt

Is This the End of the Arab Spring? (Collection of Opinions And Analysis) -- New York Times
Egypt’s Violent Crackdown Shows Limits of U.S. Influence -- Terry Atlas, Bloomberg Businessweek
Egypt's ominous path -- L.A. Times editorial
Military Madness in Cairo -- New York Times editorial
Egypt erupts as security forces attack Morsi supporters -- Washington Post editorial
Military crackdown: Egypt's Tiananmen Square -- The Guardian editorial
Updated: Experts reflect on Egypt's turmoil -- Al Jazeera
Chaos in Cairo: The White House dispatches regiments of platitudes -- Washington Times editorial
Analysis: Powerless West gropes for way to sway Egypt -- Paul Taylor, Reuters
Suspend U.S. aid to Egypt -- Isobel Coleman, USA Today
Egypt: Making sense of the senseless -- Christian Donath, Al Jazeera
Egypt's Conflict Enters New Phase After Assaults -- AP
Egypt: Back to the Intifada -- Michael Hirsh, National Journal
Editorial: Egypt teeters on edge of abyss -- Tampa Bay Times
As military makes its move, forget about liberal democracy in Egypt -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor
Egypt stumbles on path to democracy: Our view -- USA Today
Arab Spring Countries Find Peace Is Harder Than Revolution -- Ben Hubbard and Rick Gladstone, New York Times
Is Obama An Enabler of Tyranny in Egypt? -- Jacob Heilbrunn, National Interest
Analysis: It’s official, military chief Sisi is new king of Egypt -- Ariel Ben Solomon, Jerusalem Post
Was Russia Right About The Arab Spring? -- Mark Adomanis, Forbes
Egypt: The Arab Spring Under Siege – Analysis -- Ihsan Bal, Eurasia Review