Marina Ottaway

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


Commentary

With the high court ruling the upper house and the constituent assembly are illegal, Egypt may have no lawful way forward.

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.

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June 18, 2013