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...Democracy can only take root in societies such as Egypt if, at the same time as political violence is suppressed, parties such as the Muslim Brotherhood are allowed to participate in elections, and be respected as winners if they're chosen by the voters. When Algeria's military rulers summarily nixed the result of elections won by that country's Islamists in 1991, they triggered a vicious war on terror that has raged for more than a decade and contributed extensively to the al-Qaeda cause...
Philosophical concerns both within and without the department are at the root of this historic resistance...
...Goldin] was a last-minute candidate pushed very strongly by Silber. He was not given a thorough review, and I think that was at the root of the problem,” said the faculty member...
Regime change is never easy. Even after the old leader has relinquished power, his loyalists remain, threatening the new establishment. As Daniel S. Goldin found out last week, attempts to root out remnants of the old regime can stir up so much hostility that the new leader gets forced out. Goldin tried to show Boston University (BU) the road to reform, and was promptly shown the door...
Another of the skills that many laud in Caro’s work is his passionate commitment to research. The writer actually moved south with his wife to get to the root of Johnson’s Texas hill country upbringing. With her help, he interviewed hundreds of witnesses to various events, often going back two or three times “trying to recreate the meetings that took place...