Juan Cole, What’s Ahead for Egypt

June 25, 2012

On the heels of the Muslim Brotherhood’s victory in Egyptian elections, Middle East expert Juan Cole (@jricole), weighs in on the state of the political landscape and discusses what’s next for the region.  Click thru for links and updates.  Use this post as today’s thread.

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