by editor | Jan 31, 2011 | Analysis, Egypt, Government, Indonesia
by Mark Woodward More than a decade ago hundreds of thousands of Indonesians, most of them young people, came to the streets demanding the end to a dictatorial regime that had lasted for more than three decades. Today we see much the same in Egypt. We see also see the...
by halverson | Jan 31, 2011 | Analysis, Diplomacy, Egypt, Framing, Government, Media, Muslim Brotherhood, Narrative
by Jeffry R. Halverson Events rapidly accelerated in Egypt on Friday, January 28, as expected. On Thursday night, the regime shut down internet access. This startling graphic by Craig Labovitz shows the precipitous drop in online traffic. Over the course of the day,...
by goodall | Jan 29, 2011 | Analysis, Diplomacy, Egypt, Framing, Identification, Islam, Israel, Media, Narrative, Obama, Religion, Sensemaking, State Dept., technology
by Bud Goodall The Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia last week beget further democracy uprisings in Egypt and Yemen this week, as well as protests in Jordan and Mauritania. If the protesters are finally successful in Egypt and President Hosni Mubarak is forced out, this...
by halverson | Jan 28, 2011 | Analysis, Egypt, Framing, Government, Muslim Brotherhood, Narrative
by Jeffry R. Halverson The protests in Egypt that began on January 25 are the culmination of a long simmering struggle between the police state of Hosni Mubarak and the common people it seeks to control. The state claims that its longstanding “security measures”...
by Posted by AD Brown | Jan 28, 2011 | Monitor
Britain, Europe and the US can expect an increase in attempts by al-Qaeda to attack their interests. However, these efforts should be understood as part of al-Qaeda’s pervasive weakness rather than its strength. Al-Qaeda’s leaders, particularly in Yemen, know...