July 26 recalls two political decisions that at first glance seem to have little in common: in Paris, King Charles X curtails press freedom in 1830; in Alexandria, Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal Company in 1956. Yet both days revolve around the same stark question: Who has the legitimacy to control a country, its information and its strategic lifelines?On Monday, July 26, 1830, Charles X's July Ordinances are published in France. The Bourbon king invokes Article 14 of the Charter of 1814 and seeks to restrain a political ...
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