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t will be a very fateful decision for the decade ahead. The Economist Egypt's probable president: Pretending to be a civilian Apr 5th 2014 -- Cairo -- In A soft-spoken television address announcing his bid for Egypt's presidency, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi intimated that his would not be a traditiona

le 6 Hiirriyet The next battle: Presidency Mustafa Akyol EFTA00705808 4/5/2014 -- After yet another election victory of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its leader, Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey is now turning its focus to the next battle: the presidential elections that will be held on Aug. 10,

h proclamations as, "we will crush them," "I see their heads and they are ripe for plucking," "one hundred thousand armed men are ready to march on Cairo if the people call for the fall of the government," and "bombs will be planted among the crowds of peaceful demonstrators and these bombs will reap

Erdogan's increasingly autocratic and anti-democratic rule, gave him the results he needed to continue to promote his own agenda. His Justice and Development Party (known by its Turkish initials, AKP) won 43 percent of the vote nationally, with the strongest rival, the social democrat Republican People's Party

plied to the Middle East for so long that nothing, it seems — no amount of extraordinary change — can silence them. After the successful revolts in Cairo and Tunis, the slanders abated. Soon, however, the old messages depicting the Middle East as extreme, fundamentalist, and hostile to democracy bega

ning next door in Syria. Ankara would prefer a Syria ruled by a stable Sunni regime, especially one that would look to Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for political guidance. However, the Turks can see that Alawite leadership will not leave power without a long and bloody fight. Recreating a

economic empire. In Upper Egypt, the manner in which the military benefits from its ambiguous economic position becomes more conspicuous. While in Cairo the civilian parliament closely follows a checklist of economic liberalization, including eliminating farmers' subsidies and selling state factorie

e entire world, and countries that remain silent and indifferent and ignore or tolerate the massacre in Syria," he told deputies of his Justice and Development Party in parliament. "I am also addressing international organizations, which cannot produce solutions to this crisis and which encourage its continuati

xperience, more educated and prosperous and linked to Europe than the norm. As the rebellion made its way eastward, it skipped Libya and arrived in Cairo, "the mother of the world." There, it found a stage worthy of its ambitions. Often written off as the quintessential land of political EFTA_R1_002

ful modern Islamic order, whatever that might mean. The Islamic Republic of Iran rests on oil, and even the moderate ascendancy of the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, in Turkey is secured by prosperity stemming from the "devout bourgeoisie" in the Anatolian hill towns. Egypt lies at the crossroads of the

decade ahead. Article 7. The Economist EFTA_R1_02203853 EFTA02720471 Egypt's probable president: Pretending to be a civilian Apr 5th 2014 -- Cairo -- In A soft-spoken television address announcing his bid for Egypt's presidency, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi intimated that his would not be a traditiona

he next battle: Presidency Mustafa Akyol 4/5/2014 -- After yet another election victory of the ruling EFTA_R1_02203851 EFTA02720469 Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its leader, Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey is now turning its focus to the next battle: the presidential elections that will be held on Aug. 10,

tant aspects of a functioning democratic system. Faith in democracy flares up in moments of triumph, such as the overthrow of unpopular regimes in Cairo or Kiev, only to sputter out once again. EFTA00684344 Outside the West, democracy often advances only to collapse. And within the West, democracy

dential election expected in August. Erdogan's aides say the electorate is so far unmoved by the corruption allegations, and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) enjoys a strong lead in opinion polls. But the pressure on Erdogan is unlikely to diminish until polling day in March. Gulen's movement "want