Butchers at work. Pretty shocking
Welcome to Cairo
December 19th, 2011 · Comments Off on Welcome to Cairo
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April fools day in Egypt
February 11th, 2011 · Comments Off on April fools day in Egypt
Mubarak has them all by the nose.
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Egypt’s army tortures and detains protesters
February 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Egypt’s army tortures and detains protesters
Although extremely disturbing, it isn’t anywhere near surprising. As we argued before, it’s a military regime (with Mubarak largely an expendable figurehead), when cornered, they tend to do this kind of stuff..
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Meanwhile, behind the scenes in Egypt..
February 2nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Meanwhile, behind the scenes in Egypt..
Since Egypt is essentially a military dictatorship, we were fearing all along that the most likely outcome would be that sooner or later the military would just sacrifice Mubarak and try to get on with business as usual. We’re not alone..
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The next domino…. China??!
February 1st, 2011 · Comments Off on The next domino…. China??!
Well, after all, it’s a country with quite a revolutionary history..
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Egyptian army declares it will not use violence against protesters
January 31st, 2011 · Comments Off on Egyptian army declares it will not use violence against protesters
That really is significant…
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Egypt revisited
January 31st, 2011 · Comments Off on Egypt revisited
Right from the experts..
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Somebody is sticking his neck out
January 30th, 2011 · Comments Off on Somebody is sticking his neck out
Always good to see. Theme is the effect of Egypt on the markets. No need for panic (yet?)…
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The US and the Egyptian protests
January 30th, 2011 · Comments Off on The US and the Egyptian protests
A lot more going on behind the scenes..
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Stylized facts about the revolution in Egypt
January 29th, 2011 · Comments Off on Stylized facts about the revolution in Egypt
Let’s see what it all adds up to..
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