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Ellis Goldberg

Ellis Goldberg, Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington, blogs at nisralnasr.blogspot.com.

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Egypt has not, in the wake of the revolutionary upsurge of January 25, 2011, become a democracy. Mohammad Fadel argues that the cause lies, in large measure, in the failure of Egypt’s...
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