Three questions in reaction to Shadi Hamid’s detailed analysis of Morsy and Egypt:
1. “The Brotherhood’s priorities, for now, are rather simple — to survive and get to the next elections.” Won’t that always be the Brotherhood’s priority? In fact, isn’t that the priority of every party in power everywhere?
2. Is Khairat al-Shater a “revolutionary” or “pragmatic”? What does it mean to call him both?
3. How much does it matter what is in the new Egyptian constitution? Would a constitution in Egypt that Islamists liked act as a real constraint on liberals? For the Brotherhood, would it (could it) function as a blueprint for the Islamization of the Egyptian state (and society writ large)?
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