Shadi Hamid, writing for Foreign Policy, looks at Aboul Fotouh, one of the frontrunners in the Egyptian presidential election to be held next week.

We look at which figures from Middle Eastern politics and cultural life have been included in TIME magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World in 2012″ list.

Writing exclusively for CMEC, Shashank Joshi from the Royal United Services Institute considers whether the Arab League can be an effective actor in the Middle East following the events of the Arab awakening and recent turmoil in Syria.

Egyptian current affairs analysts Dr Elizabeth Iskander and Mina Monir give their verdict on the repercussions of Egypt’s new constitution committee and the escalating dispute between the Muslim Brotherhood and the Egyptian Army.

The Muslim Brotherhood Guidance Office will meet tomorrow to discuss potential presidential candidates, a senior member has told Egyptian newspaper Ahram Online.

Fareed Zakaria argues that the biggest danger to democracy in Egypt is the role of the armed forces.

On the first anniversary of the uprising, on Foreign Policy’s website five influential participants reflect on the last year, Egypt’s future — and how revolution is a lot more complicated than they thought.