In Mideast, Democracy Struggles To Strike Root

By DAN PERRY, Associated Press
Thu, 03/22/2018 - 12:04am

Egyptians go to the polls next week in what is essentially a one-candidate election considered by critics to be a return of sorts to authoritarian rule, after a 2011 revolution that sparked loftier expectations for the region. But the bigger picture is that in the Middle East as a whole, democracy has largely failed to take hold....

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