Cengiz Günay

Cengiz GÃ¼nay is a Senior Fellow at the Austrian Institut for International Affairs and a specialist in Middle Eastern affairs

Mubarak's Egypt: bad paternalism, and the army's interest in managed transition

Mubarak's Egypt has been a clientelist state with no real goal apart from the exercise of power. Its political structure has made it unwilling to carry through any significant reforms or to have proper regard for the public good. The system was truly rotten, yet, ominously, the army has a strong i

By Cengiz Günay

/ 3 Feb 2011