From the Journal of Democracy, Tarek Masoud (Harvard): The Upheavals in Egypt and Tunisia: The Road to (and from) Liberation Square. Why women in politics matter: The Arab Spring created hope for democracy in which women would at least have a voice — but we're still waiting. Faced with the new sweeping “Arab Spring” anxious governments and conservative Muslim clerics are advancing outlandish religious views and edicts by utilizing the voice and views of Muslim conservative women. Seyla Benhabib on the Arab Spring: Religion, revolution and the public sphere. Rawls visits the pyramids: Egypt had a true Rawlsian moment where anything was possible, but a springtime of freedom has devolved into a summer of selfish politicians and bareknuckled brawls. Five months after the president's resignation in February, Egypt struggles to turn the page on the Mubarak era. From Telos, Bassam Tibi on Islamism in the Arab Spring. Could the ultraconservative Salafis be the biggest beneficiary of the February revolution? Yasmine El Rashidi on Egypt and the victorious Islamists. Here’s what democracy, economically, looks like: The global media spotlight may be gone, but Egypt’s revolutionaries are still making history, with a spirited campaign for a "maximum wage". A 21st-century Marshall Plan: We must support the Arab Spring with huge sums of money — it is in our own interests. As Arab political horizons expand, the space for the US to pursue its interests in the Middle East may well contract. A review of Steven Kull's Feeling Betrayed: The Roots of Muslim Anger at America. Juan Cole on 10 ways Arab democracies can avoid American mistakes. Changing course: The Arab Spring has changed how we teach Middle East politics forever.
