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Egypt Elections: Between a Rock And a Hard Place

With only a few weeks left until the run-off elections, there are still many questions left unanswered. Barbara Slavin moderated a panel of leading experts on Egypt, co-sponsored by Al-Monitor, at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to debate what a win for either of the two polarizing candidates would mean for Egypt Watch the full panel here.
A protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask attends a demonstration against presidential candidates Mohamed Mursi and Ahmed Shafiq at Tahrir Square in Cairo May 29, 2012. Several thousand protesters took to the streets across Egypt to demonstrate after the first-round result - a run-off between Shafiq and the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi, two of the most controversial figures in the field. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)

With only a few weeks left until the run-off elections in Egypt, there are still many questions left unanswered.  Where’s the constitution? What role will the military play in the new regime? Where does the US stand? Will there be more protests?

Barbara Slavin moderated a panel of leading experts on Egypt, co-sponsored by Al-Monitor, at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on Thursday to debate these questions and what they mean for Egypt.

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