Links 11 February 2011

These are links mostly from before Mubarak stepped down, except the first piece.

• Egypt's revolution: Mubarak toppled | The Economist
  "The last time Egypt’s army took over, in 1952, it abolished pluralist democracy and installed the strongman system that Mr Mubarak inherited. But Egypt’s people, immensely bolstered by the success of their revolution, with its stunning exercise of peaceful power by great masses of citizens, appear broadly confident that this experience will not be repeated. What they expect, and appear determined to fight for, is a proper democracy."

• Policy Brief_ Egypt: Before and After
• Policy Brief: The Political Regime in Tunisia at a Crossroads
• In Mubarak's Hometown, a Divide - WSJ.com
  Dispatch from Kafr al-Meselha.
• Egyptians have chosen, time for the state to accept their choice - Opinion - Ahram Online
  Well done Hani Shukrallah.
• MEI Editor's Blog: General Saad al-Shazly, 1922-2011
  A great Egyptian military commander passes away.
• 'Just World News' with Helena Cobban: U.S.-Egypt: Dance of the co-dependents
  A lot of good points here about US policy towards Egypt.
• Why Mubarak must follow Ben Ali | openDemocracy
  Kamel Labidi, a great Tunisian who lived to see the day his former jailor was kicked out of power.
• For Egypt, this is the miracle of Tahrir Square | Slavoj Žižek | Comment is free | The Guardian
  Zizek: "One of the cruellest ironies of the current situation is the west's concern that the transition should proceed in a "lawful" way – as if Egypt had the rule of law until now."
• Unrest in Egypt: Strange ongoings | The Economist
  A take on last night.