The protests in Egypt have escalated, more dramatically after death sentences were handed down against individuals who had participated in a soccer riot last year. The protesters don’t have a single platform or set of demands, but the various groups are all frustrated by the slow pace of liberalization and the fear that President Morsi is too sympathetic to those in Egypt who would prefer a more theocratic and less secular democracy. The government has responded harshly to these protests, so it is not likely that they will die down soon.
The Obama Administration may be moving in a very different foreign policy direction over the next four years. his two appointees, Sen. Kerry for the State Department and Sen. Hagel for the Defense Department, are both Vietnam veterans who have developed deep suspicions over the efficacy of military force. This change may signal a more cautious use of force and a much more limited American involvement in foreign affairs. We’ll see–the first term was filled with people who had more ambitious foreign policy objectives.
The CEO of Shell Oil has written an interesting essay on the likely stresses on natural resources in the next 30 years. The projections are sobering, but Peter Voser’s possible solutions are counterintuitive from what one would expect from the CEO of a large corporation.
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