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By George Friedman. Egypt: The Distance Between Enthusiasm and Reality is republished with permission of STRATFOR. On Feb. 11, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned. A military council was named to govern in his place. On Feb. 11-12, the crowds that had gathered in Tahrir Square celebrated Mubarak’s fall and the triumph of democracy in Egypt. On Feb. 13, the military council abolished the constitution and dissolved parliament, promising a new constitution to be ratified by a referendum and stating that the military would rule for six months, or until the military decides it’s ready to hold parliamentary and presidential elections. [...]

From Foreign Affairs: “Despite the tenacity, optimism, and blood of the protesters massed in Tahrir Square, Egypts democratic window has probably already closed. Contrary to the dominant media narrative, over the last ten days the Egyptian state has not experienced a regime breakdown. The protests have certainly rocked the system and have put Mubarak on his heels, but at no time has the uprising seriously threatened Egypts regime. Although many of the protesters, foreign governments, and analysts have concentrated on the personality of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, those surrounding the embattled president, who make up the wider Egyptian regime, have [...]

Various collected tweets and articles regarding unrest in Egypt. Curated.by aggregated links to Sudan referendum with the potential of splitting the nation in two. _bundleWidget({ bundle_id:3753, title:’Egypt Unrest’, subtitle:’curated.by/justindlong’, scrolling:true, update:true, shell:true, auto_width:false, per_page:20, font_size:’11px’, border_color:’666666′, heading_text_color:’ffffff’, heading_bg_color:’666666′, link_color:’666666′, text_color:’333333′, content_bg_color:’ffffff’, content_divider_color:’cccccc’, width:300, height:450 });