The explosion of protest in Egypt has emerged from deep currents in the country's modern history. Tarek Osman maps the roots of tumult and the dynamics of the new political reality it has already created.
The popular uprising across the Arab world is shaking not just the region's authoritarian regimes but fallacies about the Arabs themselves. The consequences will be momentous, says Khaled Hroub.
Reading the Washington runes. What happened with Mr Wisner, Egypt lobbyist and Obama's special envoy to Mubarak? Is this an ugly farce, an ethical travesty or a cronyistic scandal?
The portrayal of Egypt’s uprising in terms of its potential capture by Islamists is doubly misleading, says Asef Bayat: for this misses both the true character of the people’s movement and the transformation of the Arab world’s religious politics.
A radical overhaul of Egypt’s ruling institutions and personnel is a precondition of the freedom that its citizens want, says Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi
While Egypt’s second January Uprising continues it is already clear that Middle Eastern politics will never quite be the same again, argues Andrea Teti
A one-time Egyptian resident describes the operation of a thuggish security state that controls through everyday brutality. This article was based on conversations with many Egyptians who wished to remain anonymous.
The new age of insurgencies of which Egypt is an emblem has its deeper source not in the anger of the marginalised but in the system operated by the world's financial elites.
The change that is unfolding across the middle east places an especial responsibility on intellectuals to think civically and engage ethically, says Ramin Jahanbegloo.
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
The epic events in the Arab world’s heartland are also a lesson in the loneliness of power, says Goran Fejic.
Updated Friday 8am Mubarak's second television address shows that he will fight on and try and turn the tables on the protesters. Even if he steps down in September he will have ample possibility to orchestrate counter demonstrations, divide the opposition, foment chaos in the country, repress the
