Farouk or Nasser?

Richard Cavendish remembers Abdul Fattah al-Sisi's King Farouk's succession to the Egyptian throne on April 28th, 1936 (History Today 61, April 2011). Or were the army officers on the other side, at least by 1952? ("Egypt wonders if army chief General Sisi is another Nasser," Martin Chulov, Guardian News Service, Cairo, August 09, 2013)

Varieties of Revolution

"What is the Egyptian anti-coup movement protesting for?," by Neil Ketchley and Michael Biggs, Washington Post (April 4, 2014) analyzes polling data from protestors. Meanwhile, the protests, the mass trials (and incarcerations) continue.

Springs Eternal?

Barakat (Enough) anti-vote Algerians

"Eight Hopeful Legacies of the Arab Spring," by John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 14 April 2014. Meanwhile, signs of another Spring in Algeria?

Evidence of Absence

"Senators to vote to release terror report summary,"

Absence of Evidence & the Post-Modern Foreign Policy

Errol Morris on Rumsfeld, the truth and “The Unknown Known” -