{"id":818,"date":"2013-08-07T10:48:05","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T10:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=818"},"modified":"2013-08-07T10:48:05","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T10:48:05","slug":"2013-8-7-is-becoming-pakistan-the-best-egypt-can-hope-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=818","title":{"rendered":"Is becoming Pakistan the best Egypt can hope for?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eurasia&#8217;s Ian Bremmer thinks so, saying SCAF&#8217;s challenge is to rig the appearance of a civilian government <em>just right<\/em>&nbsp;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Today, the main difference with Pakistan\u2019s military is that Egypt\u2019s is now seen as responsible for the day-to-day functioning of governance. The generals will once again go for the Goldilocks approach to forming a civilian government, one that is not too strong but not too weak. It has to be resolute enough to earn a reputation for competence (this is where Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood fell short), but docile enough to not sideline the military or curb its privileges. Most importantly, the new government needs to seem sufficiently independent to take flak and \u201cown\u201d the blame for any economic woes. The last thing the military wants is for the next wave of protestors to aim their anger at the army.<\/p>\n<p>Can the military pull this off? Can it empower a government that earns enough public confidence to restore stability to the country and allows the military to distance itself from economic management and domestic politics? <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eurasia&#8217;s Ian Bremmer thinks so, saying SCAF&#8217;s challenge is to rig the appearance of a civilian government just right&nbsp;: Today, the main difference with Pakistan\u2019s military is that Egypt\u2019s is now seen as responsible for the day-to-day functioning of governance. The generals will once again go for the Goldilocks approach to forming a civilian government, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=818\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is becoming Pakistan the best Egypt can hope for?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[168],"tags":[6,70],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}