Thomas Carothers

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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Since the so-called "Arab Spring" began in Tunisia, there's been violence in that country. Today, Egypt's new military leaders formally criminalized protests.

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