Egypt

With presidential elections to come in 2011, the question about the succession of Hosni Mubarak for a president continues to pose a risk to the political stability in Egypt. One more mandate for Mubarak appears unlikely, after dominating the largest country of the Arab world and heading it as a president since 1981, but public opposition to his son Gamal's succession also appears to be rising, to the extent that many now believe that the director of Egypt's intelligence agency, General Omar Suleiman is the probable successor to presidency. Much will depend on the political climate: if economic conditions do

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