Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 7

14-Feb-2011

Political Comment (14 February 2011)

President Husni Mubarak's refusal to step down has led Egypt to the brink of the abyss on Friday 11 February. The ongoing political crisis in Egypt has shredded relations between Washington and Cairo. South Sudan has voted unanimously to secede from the north.

Mubarak Throws Down The Gauntlet

Seventeen days into the Egyptian intifada, the country was poised on the edge of the abyss at MEES press time...