Back to the bad old ways.

The article looks at politics and government in Egypt as of October 2013, in the aftermath of the July 2013 coup led by General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. It discusses policies and actions of the government on matters including public protests, nongovernmental organizations, and the Muslim Brothers political party, saying it is returning to practices of the era before the country's 2011 revolution against the regime of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. U.S.-Egyptian relations are discussed.