David Wurmser, Vice President Cheney’s Middle East Adviser during the George W. Bush Administration, and I had an interesting discussion about developments in Egypt and implications for US foreign policy on BBC Radio 4. The five minute clip can be listened to here.
Mubarak has given up his powers to the military. In the eyes of the Egyptian public, this counts as resignation. Now the tough part really begins.
James Goldgeier has just published a smart, short piece that outlines the structural differences between the revolutions that brought down totalitarian regimes in 1989 and what is now unfolding in 2011.
This afternoon at 5 pm EST, I’ll be chairing a session with former Malaysia Deputy Prime Minister and current Leader of the Opposition in the Malaysian Parliament Anwar Ibrahim.
(click on image for larger version) Tomorrow at 2:45 pm in New York at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism (Lecture Hall, 3rd Floor), Al Jazeera is organizing a public (no charge) meeting hosted by Al Jazeera Empire host Marwan Bishara titled “Information Wars.
PBS NewsHour‘s Margaret Warner has secured very important interviews with Egypt Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit. In the five minute clip above, Foreign Minister Gheit is pushing back, telling the US that its expectations are out of line with political and time realities in Egypt.
Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes and newly minted State Department Policy Planning Chief Jake Sullivan just held an on the record conference call on events in Egypt and America’s position. Rhodes outlined the three central pillars of the Obama White House’s approaches to the turmoil in Egypt.
Egyptians are still in the streets. There is violence in some parts of the country. The demands for Mubarak to go are still echoing through Tahrir Square.
All of a sudden, I am getting a lot of email asking for my Twitter address. I guess there is some confusion about which Steve Clemons is the DC version. OK folks.
I recently did an interview with the Daily Beast‘s Michelle Cottle on the erosion of comity in Washington. One of the interesting places that warring parties in DC still meet (and seemingly leave their guns and holsters with the concierge) is at Nixon Center annual dinners.
