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February 07, 2011
Egypt the New Turkey
The debate over the degree of comfort the west should feel concerning whatever role the Muslim Brotherhood might play in a reorganized Egypt took an intelligent turn over the weekend with this piece in the New York Times. The augment, essentially, is that the model ought to be Turkey. There, the Islamist prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has led a government since 2003 that has apparently negotiated its recent democratic tradition (and secular politics) with policies that advance economic growth.
Posted by stevemack at February 7, 2011 12:53 PM
