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Egypt: Is Mandatory Conscription Pro-Democracy?
Watching the situation in Egypt, I’ve been struck repeatedly by how the Army has behaved. Today the Egyptian Army announced that it won’t use force against protesters. Earlier in the protests, we saw...
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Egypt, Twitter, and the Collapse of Top-Heavy Societies
Watching the news about Egypt and the debate as to whether Twitter, Facebook, etc.. are inherently pro-democracy, I’m struck by a connection to Joseph Tainter’s 1988 classic, The Collapse of Complex...
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Lessons From Egypt : Encouraging Saudi Democracy & Beyond
I posted recently that the situation in Egypt provides important lessons for US foreign policy. Specifically, the US should have been pressing for democracy in Egypt decades ago, and making US...
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From Printing Press to Twitter: What Makes a Technology Pro-Democracy?
We’ve heard a lot about the role of social media, text messaging, and mobile phones in the uprising in Egypt. A lot has been said to credit them with fueling or at least organizing the protests and...
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