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Between Mubaraks and a Hard Place
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Michael Wahid Hanna,
The Century Foundation,
9/25/2009
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The Obama administration has sought to revitalize the U.S.-Egyptian relationship, which had drifted under the Bush administration. Despite its diminished status, Egypt has emerged as a key regional player as the United States attempts to revitalize the peace process and reorient its policies in the Arab world. This has come at a time when speculation over who will succeed Egypt’s longtime leader, 81-year old president Hosni Mubarak, has increased in the Egyptian, regional, and international media. Much of the focus has rightly been placed on the president’s influential son, Gamal Mubarak. Through a series of constitutional amendments, the regime has in effect constructed a legal framework that appears to predetermine the outcome of succession and all indications point toward a hereditary father-to-son passing of the torch. Continue Reading on the Taking Note Blog.
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