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Egypt: how to negotiate the transition. Lessons from Poland and China.

Egypt: how to negotiate the transition. Lessons from Poland and China.
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Egypt: how to negotiate the transition. Lessons from Poland and China.

Originally meant as a tool to help guide Egypt’s democratic transition as part of the Arab Spring, this piece compares the Polish Round Table and the Tiananmen Tragedy to show that non-violent resistance movements need to be clear-headed in the moment of negotiation and transition. Its lessons transcend any one situation, and are useful today.

Lester R. Kurtz and Maciej Bartkowski

opendemocracy.net, February 4, 2011

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