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February 23, 2011
"Egypt's Future Needs a Strong Legislature"
Op-Ed, CNN.com
By M. Steven Fish and Matthew Kroenig, Former Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program, 2007–2008
"If Egyptians are to have a chance at a democratic future, their new constitution must confer considerable authority on the People's Assembly, including the right to remove the chief executive from office, question and investigate executive branch officials, oversee the armed forces and the police, and approve or reject Cabinet appointments. Furthermore, the executive must be deprived of the power to issue decrees or appoint members of the legislature."
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January 9, 2008
"Kenya's Real Problem (It's Not Ethnic)"
Op-Ed, Washington Post
By M. Steven Fish and Matthew Kroenig, Former Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program, 2007–2008
"Like Kenya, Benin and Ghana are ethnically divided countries that have experienced closely fought and possibly flawed presidential elections in recent years. But Benin and Ghana have stronger legislatures, so the losers in presidential elections have less fear of being politically excluded. They have reacted to defeat by using their sway in parliament to control the president, and they have not resorted to mass violence."
