I worry about a democracy having nuclear weapons as much as a dictatorship having nuclear weapons.

I have a lot of interests in global issues, as you know, humanity, inequity, arms control, and I continue to be active on all these issues.

The dream of democracy has long been enshrined in the hearts of the Egyptian people. It only needed awakening.

I still believe that any country understands that if they use nuclear weapons, they will be wiped out of existence. They could be irrational in many ways, but I don't think they're irrational to the point that they're ready to annihilate their own country.

I worry about a democracy having nuclear weapons as much as a dictatorship having nuclear weapons.

Almost all of the liberal and Christian members of the constitutional commission have withdrawn, because we all fear that the Muslim Brotherhood will pass a document with Islamist undertones that marginalizes the rights of women and religious minorities. Who sits in this group? One person, who wants to ban music, because it's allegedly against Sharia law; another, who denies the Holocaust; another, who openly condemns democracy.

The U.S. engages with North Korea, so I dont see why they cant engage with Iran.