Reform and Frustration in Egypt

Evidence from waves of democratization shows proportional election systems, however imperfect, to be the better option in most contexts.

A close look at secular parties in the Middle East today raises doubts about whether they are ready for prime time.

Egyptians threw off the thirty-year dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak, but now find themselves under essentially the same military tutelage that they had hoped to escape.