A protester walks past an Egyptian soldier during an anti-Mubarak protest in Cairo Feb. 1, 2011.SUHAIB SALEM
"The world has every reason to be mesmerized by the events unfolding in Tunisia, Egypt and who knows where next. Every reason but one: the expectation that this ferment will yield working democracies," wrote Clifford Orwin, a professor of political science at the University of Toronto and distinguished fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, in Tuesday's Globe and Mail.
Prof. Orwin participated in a discussion to answer questions about his column on the situation in Egypt and the prospects for democracy in the Arab world. Smart phone users can follow this discussion here.