Chris Cassidy

Millions of protesters across Egypt now need new signs. Thirty years of Mubarak’s dictatorship collapsed today after 18 days of defiance, with hundreds dead and thousands wounded. “Anything now seems possible,” one pro-democracy activist told Al Jazeera English. “I’m so proud.” Vice President Omar Suleiman took to the airwaves just after the 6:00 p.m. call […]

With speculation and widespread reports predicting his resignation, Hosni Mubarak struck an apologetic tone, but insisted on remaining president. Mubarak did make further concessions to anti-regime organizers, including five constitutional amendments, annulling a prior amendment, and transferring the authority he maintains as president to his hand-picked Vice President Omar Suleiman. According to Al Jazeera English, […]

Hosni Mubarak is stepping down tonight, according to the statements leaking from both Cairo and Washington, D.C. The president is reportedly at the Red Sea port of Sharm El Sheik, from which he is expected to depart the country within hours. Former intelligence chief and newly appointed Vice President Omar Suleiman is the most likely […]

The United States needs Egypt. President Barack Obama and his national security team may harbor preferences about who represents the Egyptian people, but whoever emerges on top will be subjected to heavy American wooing. Until that person is anointed, however, the Obama administration is trying not to take sides and irk the eventual leader of […]

What’s the alternative to an autocratic Egypt? If you ask embattled President Hosni Mubarak, he will tell you a well-rehearsed tale of an American ally slipping into the hands of reactionary Islamists who would threaten the existence of Israel and diminish the reach of American power in the region. “If I resign now, there will […]

After holding the Egyptian presidency for 30 years, Hosni Mubarak knows a thing or two about maintaining power and is showing no signs of letting his reign lapse quietly. In other words, do not hold your breath for the collapse of this regime, which will require organizers to adopt new strategies of engaging critical audiences. […]

Wael Ghonim, a Google executive who administered a key Facebook event organizing Egypt’s January 25 protests, has been released in Cairo. Ghonim was detained on January 27 by pro-Mubarak forces who refused to acknowledge his detention, let alone disclose his whereabouts. Ghonim’s release was secured in negotiations over the weekend between newly appointed Vice President […]

Hello, fellow Prospect readers. My name’s Chris Cassidy, and I’m thrilled to be your friendly guest blogger this week. My work covers a broad swath of domestic and international issues, but my writing here will be all Egypt, all the time. I live in Washington, D.C., which makes it easy to romanticize the culture and […]