Democracy? Five Lessons Egypt Can learn from Pakistan

Pakistan is a perfect example of what not to do with a military junta. When Hosni Mubarak resigned from the Egyptian presidency in February, many commentators asked whether Pakistan--an unstable Muslim country outside the Arab Middle East--would go the way of Egypt, experiencing what was then thought to be revolutionary change.They should have asked whether Egypt would suffer the fate of Pakistan: a parliamentary democracy with a freely elected government but dominated by a military with a host of extraconstitutional powers.Today, the question remains as valid as it was last winter. Egypt is on course to follow Pakistan's ... keep reading >>>>