Robert Springborg on the Egyptian Military

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We continue our coverage of Egypt on How We Got Here, The World’s history podcast. On this episode Lisa Mullins interviews Robert Springborg of the Naval Post-Graduate School in Monterey about the role and structure of the Egyptian military. All the coverage and analysis suggests the military will play a key role in any transition of power. Robert Springborg says it may appear that the military sides with “the people” but in fact, President Mubarak is still very much in control, for now. Download MP3

More on this topic from Andrew McGregor for The Jamestown Foundation and  Josh Rogin at The Cable and  Joshua Stacher in Foreign Affairs.

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