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The maneuvering surrounding the formation of the Constituent Assembly may reduce the influence of Islamists in the process, but it will do so by curbing democratic practices.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh delivered an address at Carnegie on the Jordanian perspective regarding recent developments in the Middle East.
Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey are likely to have little influence over the final outcome of the Arab Spring. Instead, the course of political transformation across the Middle East will be determined by domestic actors.
Because the array of Egyptian courts will likely have more to say on transition issues, a brief guide to the judicial cast of characters is useful.
With the State Council, Parliament, the Supreme Constitutional Court, and the oncoming presidency all vying for political power, Egypt's transitioning democracy is marked by confusion, sectarianism, and an underlying fear of the old regime.
Less than one year after the formal split between Sudan and South Sudan, the two countries are again wrapped in conflict with one another at the same time as they face severe internal turmoil.
The democratic spirit that seems to have struck deep roots in Egyptian society may still ensure that when everything that could go wrong does go wrong, the country can still recover.
Islamists did not fare well in the Algerian parliamentary elections, despite the rise of Islamist parties in Egypt and Tunisia, because the main Islamist party is still banned and Algerians are scarred by the memories of the country’s civil war.
The outcome of the presidential elections will have a major impact on the future of Egypt, affecting the power of the Islamist parties, the position of the military, and its economic future.
While much attention has been focused on the crisis provoked by the March 22 coup in Mali's capital, events in the northern part of the country may have greater regional implications.