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President Morsi is eager to build on the newfound popularity and legitimacy of post-revolutionary Egypt to gain more flexibility in foreign policy and to rebuild the country’s leadership role in the region.
For all the procedural flaws, the document that is emerging as Egypt's potential constitution offers prospects for a working democracy.
Despite fears in the United States, Egyptian foreign policy under President Morsi has been marked by continuity rather than a fundamental paradigm shift.
As anti-American unrest spreads, leaders must remember that all sides have provocateurs. U.S. statesmen should consider legally limiting extremists’ freedom to do real harm.
Whether American leaders regard the events of the past few days as a teachable moment or a moment of truth is not yet clear. If steady hands and far-sighted leadership prevail, the first approach will dominate.
The turmoil in the Middle East, highlighted by the assassination of the U.S. ambassador to Libya, is fraught with security implications for the region.
Although tainted by the recent violence in the region, the democratic transitions sparked by the Arab uprisings cannot be measured in days or months, but in decades.
Negotiations over Egypt’s electoral law will be the first test of the constitution’s durability.
Egypt’s best hope for a democratic transition depends heavily on the process of political reconstruction contained in the constitution-writing process.
Much of the promise of Egypt’s revolution has been squandered but there is still room for optimism.
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