The Trouble With Democracy, From Cairo to Johannesburg
With one party in control and the others active but marginalized, Egypt's future is coming to resemble its past. More »
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David Rohde is a columnist for Reuters, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and a former reporter for The New York Times. His latest book, Beyond War: Reimagining American Influence in a New Middle East, was published in April. More
He is the author, with Kristen Mulvihill, of A Rope and a Prayer: A Kidnapping From Two Sides.
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