POMED on Egypt

Pity the Project on Middle East Democracy, a well-meaning group of young(ish) scholars and advocates dedicated to pressing U.S. policy in the Middle East to support for democratic reforms. They have a new paper on Egypt written by a longtime Egypt analyst which is probably worth the time of the president's staff in advance of his trip there. But I fear five years of neoconservatism (11 September 2001 - 14 August 2006) has tainted democracy promotion in the region for even the most thoughtful...