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Nobel Peace prize laureate and Egyptian opposition National Salvation Front leader Mohamed El Baradei (L) gives a press conference on June 27, 2013 in Cairo (AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA)
Freedom, Then and Now
“Freedom for an Oxford don . . . is a very different thing from freedom for an Egyptian peasant,” said that most eminent of Oxford dons, Isaiah Berlin. Is he right? Does the Egyptian peasant demand a different sort of freedom than that of an English professor? At no...Caption:
Army soldiers take their positions in front of protesters who are against Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, near the Republican Guard headquarters in Cairo July 3, 2013. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)
Opinion: Arab Spring, Islamic Winter, Military Summer
Even before it was fully under way, the Arab Spring was seen by some Western analysts as the prelude to an Islamic Winter. The insidious subtext was that Arabs must choose between military dictatorship and despotism in the name of religion. The coup against President...Caption:
Turkey Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is pictured after his speech during conference in Ankara, June 18, 2013. Police raided addresses across Turkey on Tuesday and detained dozens of people in an operation linked to three weeks of often violent protests against Erdogan. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic (TURKEY – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Opinion: The end of the Turkish model
For the third week, anti-Erdoğan government protests continue to rage in Turkey, showing no signs of abatement. The motives and the objectives of the current crisis remain unknown, puzzling both Turks and Western analysts. What is going on in Turkey cannot be...Caption:
Protesters light flares during a protest at Taksim Square in Istanbul June 12, 2013.(Reuters/Osman Orsal)