Egypt: Balancing Interests Over Values

August 20, 2013 Topic: Global Governance Region: Egypt

Egypt: Balancing Interests Over Values

America must hold its nose in the short run, backing the regime but pushing liberalism later.

Chuck Freilich is a senior fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School and was a deputy national-security adviser in Israel. He is the author of Zion's Dilemmas: How Israel Makes National Security Policy, 2012.

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