tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660099035660082784.post6064562453103852146..comments2023-08-01T04:41:48.596-07:00Comments on Westminster's International Relations: Protests in EgyptSecurity and International Relations Programmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14578833279384401715noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660099035660082784.post-82621675006726873692011-02-03T03:17:04.367-08:002011-02-03T03:17:04.367-08:00The state-building begins: http://www.rte.ie/news/...The state-building begins: http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0201/egypt-business.html<br /><br />What egypt needs now is a lower tax rate for it's super rich in order to create jobs.<br /><br />Egypt does so far seem to be a (without being romantic) a perfect revolution. Genuine change seems to be happening with relatively little violence. There also seem to be no extreme forces from either side of the divide either religious or left wing. With the army acting as a buffer between the state and the citizens. Hopefully all these conditions translate to something that is workable for the future. Its funny to note the complete impotence of outside powers such as the US and UK. <br /><br />Any outside interference is unnecessary and harmful at this stage.London Kushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284882173309215581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660099035660082784.post-52944969908140179302011-02-01T13:19:57.165-08:002011-02-01T13:19:57.165-08:00Leia, I think your view is in line with much of th...Leia, I think your view is in line with much of the critique of state-building in the last decade. The question is whether those who make the decisions are able to convince their voting public that Egypt needs it. Or even how those who are advocating for state-building think that this could possibly a transitional authority. Generally, state-building has tended to follow an intervention in a post-conflict or war-torn territory, mostly following conflicts of ethnic nature. But the case of Egypt would fall under a completely different category, that of a country 'almost ready' to democratise. And this could also possibly mean that Egypt might come to be considered the one potential state-building mission with a higher chance of succeeding, precisely because it lacks all the elements of a rooted and systemic ethnic dispute. I do hope this isn't the case. But aside from personal opinions, I think it really isn't the time for western policy advisors to put the state-building card on the table. <br /><br />ElisaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18065995581254508624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660099035660082784.post-76041999740081290342011-02-01T10:11:30.275-08:002011-02-01T10:11:30.275-08:00I do hope that Egypt is NOT the West's next st...I do hope that Egypt is NOT the West's next state-building mission. I think that Egyptians are completely capable of holding democratic elections and ruling themselves, and interference from the West could possibly be counter-productive and unnecessary!Leiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17413013642835609804noreply@blogger.com