Marina Ottaway

Marina Ottaway is a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.


Commentary

All of Mubarak's opponents were unprepared for the aftermath of his departure, and they still have a lot of learning to do. There's not much outsiders can do to help. 

Egypt's Islamist majority and secular minority are fighting a battle for dominion over the state.

Egypt's old guard won this round, but there will be more to follow.

Tunisia may not be riding toward a bright dawn of democratic bliss, but its example is worth emulating nonetheless.

The governments in Cairo and Tunis have lost legitimacy—again. What to learn from their rocky paths to democracy.

Follow The National Interest

May 19, 2013