The situation in Egypt continues to deteriorate. The Egyptian High Court has gone on strike after President Morsi called for a nation-wide referendum on the new constitution to be held on 15 December. Many in Egypt fear that the new constitution does not protect the rights of all Egyptians equally. The difficulty is that many opponents of the new constitution will boycott the referendum, thereby assuring its passage. If that is the outcome, then the only alternative course of action is continued protest.
The new President of Mexico is Enrique Peña Nieto. Pena Nieto returns the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to power after a brief hiatus. Most US citizens have a very distorted view of Mexico and are unaware of the economic dynamism that has characterized Mexico over the last 10 years. It does, however, have some serious issues that Peña Nieto needs to address.
Many in the world are concerned about China’s recent policy of boarding vessels in what it regards as its territorial waters. We should also worry about the growing nationalist strain in Japanese politics which has been overshadowed by China’s rhetoric but is just as troubling. The two powers do not have a high regard for each other and a long history of hostility.
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