Egypt's Troubled Transition: Elections without Democracy

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes 1. See http://www.elections2011.eg/. 2. See https://twitter.com/#!/amrbassiouny/status/141811372995510272. 3. Charles M. Sennott, “Inside The Egyptian Military's Brutal Hold on Power,” Frontline, January 24, 2012, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/foreign-affairs-defense/revolution-in-cairo-foreign-affairs-defense/inside-the-egyptian-militarys-brutal-hold-on-power/. 4. Human Rights Watch, “The Road Ahead: A Human Rights Agenda for Egypt's New Parliament,” January 2012, http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/egypt0112webwcover.pdf. 5. Melissa Bell, “Egyptian protesters’ videos detail violence in Tahrir Square,” The Washington Post, December 20, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/egypt-confessional-videos-detail-violence-in-tahrir-square/2011/12/20/gIQArnz86O_blog.html. 6. See http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=306787796008143&set=a.191412130879044.43504.191115070908750&type=1&theater. 7. “Egypt's Economic Crisis,” The New York Times, January 20, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/opinion/egypts-economic-crisis.html?_r=1. 8. “Statement by the Press Secretary on Recent Developments in Egypt,” The White House, November 25, 2011, http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/11/25/statement-press-secretary-recent-developments-egypt. Additional informationNotes on contributorsKhaled ElgindyKhaled Elgindy is a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution's Saban Center for Middle East Policy