COVID-19 in Egypt
As political and economic difficulties from COVID-19 challenge the stability of the Egyptian government, Cairo has responded by tightening control – an effort that opposition forces claim is designed...
Arab Spring
Countering a Corrupt China
How Covid-19 Has Exposed the Regime’s Power Plays
Op-eds
The Next Iranian Revolution
Why Washington Should Seek Regime Change in Tehran
Op-eds
Turkish Court Indicts Saudi Nationals in Khashoggi Murder
The Istanbul chief prosecutor indicted 20 Saudi nationals last week for the murder of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, whose killing in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul sparked global outrage....
Policy Briefs
It Is Time for Al Jazeera to Register Under FARA
The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) registered as a foreign agent this month, after the Department of Justice (DOJ) determined that the network engages in political activities to advance...
Policy Briefs
Where the US-Iran shadow war goes from here
The man once celebrated in Tehran as “the living martyr,” Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, is now just a martyr in the traditional sense. Felled by a U.S. drone strike in Iraq, his life ended in the conflict...
Op-eds
Brothers in Arms
The Consolidation of the Turkey-Qatar Axis
Monographs
Trump’s first mistake in Syria was ever trusting Erdogan at all
President Trump’s deficient understanding of Muslims, many of whom are at the forefront of the fight against radical Islamism, leads him to see threats where none exist. It also prevents him from recognizing...
Op-eds
How to Win Friends and Wage Jihad
Understanding al Qaeda’s Pragmatism
Op-eds
Foreign Interference Everywhere
“Foreign interference” is a phrase often heard in the Middle East. In the pre-modern era, Muslim dynasties continuously challenged each other. The idea of “foreign” intrusion was, howeve...
Op-eds
The Gaza Conundrum
Israel has many options, none good
Op-eds
Algeria Releases Blogger Jailed for Interview with Israel
Housing Minister in Algeria alleged Israel was behind Arab Spring.
Op-eds
The Middle East still needs democracy
Many Americans remain wary, if not hostile, to the idea of democracy promotion in the Middle East. The Iraq War, which wasn’t launched to bring people power to Mesopotamia, is se...
Op-eds
Midterm Assessment: Egypt
The advance of illiberal world disorder
What Americans achieved after World War II is endangered
Op-eds
New Aid Package for Bahrain Signals Trouble
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait will provide a $10 billion aid package to cash-strapped Bahrain, building on a deal originally announced in June. Coming on top of a $10 billion injection already pledged by Gulf states in 2016, the deal is a further sign of Bahrain’s brewing economic crisis.
Policy Briefs
Call to release Algerian blogger imprisoned for interviewing Israeli MF
Human Rights Watch urged Algeria on Sunday to release a blogger who launched a hunger strike on July 8 to protest his seven-year prison term he received after interviewing an Israeli Foreign Mini...
Op-eds
ISIS-Post Caliphate: Threat Implications for America and the West
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Legislative Testimonies
In the Shadow of the Pyramids: Egypt’s Past Glories and Future Perils
Episode 11
FDD's Foreign Podicy
The problem with promoting democracy
In a better world, I’d be enthusiastically in favor of democracy promotion and even nation-building -- more correctly called state-building. But we don’t live in a better world....