(American Interest) Walter Russell Mead - The situation in Egypt still looks more like a gathering storm than any kind of transition to democracy. The long term outlook is not pretty. The divisions between the Brotherhood and the rest of society will probably deepen, and Egyptian Islamism will curdle and sour while the army and its allies continue to make things work well enough to keep the peace for a while. Polarization and authoritarianism, a "managed democracy," Mubarakism without Mubarak - it's what the army wanted all along. And the Saudis and the UAE seem ready to grease the wheels with money for a while.
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