In Egypt, the Popularity of Islamism Shall Endure
How will the Egyptian army&rsqu...
Egyptians
Murder on the Democracy Express
Who killed Egyptian democracy? Elite foreign-policy analysts have been providing strikingly divergent answers. Egypt’s military is, of course, the prime s...
Op-eds
Egyptians Still Hunger for Democracy
Zagazig, Egypt — The Egyptian protests that began on June 30 and culminated in the toppling of President Mohammed Morsi look a lot like the 2011 uprising that brought an end to the 30-year...
Op-eds
Obama’s New World Order: Power to Our Enemies, Death to Our Friends & a Fish in the President’s Face
The anti-Morsi, anti-Muslim Brotherhood, and therefore anti-Obama demonstrations in Egypt are the biggest in human history. It’s quite something, an historic event. Whatever the...
Op-eds
History of the World, Winged Camels, and an Israel-Palestine Peace
Tel Aviv, Israel — Israel’s military is unusual in many ways, but start with this: A patch on Captain Omri Levy’s sleeve alludes to a Mel Brooks j...
Op-eds
Mohammed Morsi, Tamarod, and the Current Crisis in Egypt
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi delivered a major speech on June 26 that was designed to defuse the political tensions which had been building in anticipation of widespread protests across the...
Policy Briefs
The Backstory Behind Egypt’s NGO Arrests
An Egyptian court convicted 43 people working for foreign democracy and human rights NGOs on Tuesday. Nineteen were Americans working for some of the most established non-profits in the world. So...
Policy Briefs
Egypt’s “Rebellion” Movement
A new protest movement in Egypt is gaining steam. Driven primarily by Egyptian youth, the Tamarod [Rebellion] Movement seeks to impeach Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi. Their plan is to gather...
Policy Briefs
Egyptian Authorities Break Up Embassy Plot
The Egyptian interior ministry announced Saturday that an al Qaeda plot against a Western embassy and other targets had been disrupted. Two suspected terrorists are being held for questioning and...
Op-eds
The Fight for the Judiciary in Egypt
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood government is attempting to put over three thousand judges into retirement, in an attempt to curtail the power of the judiciary. This is not the first time the Bro...
Policy Briefs
Israel Still Stable Amidst the Chaos
Israeli policymakers, much like diplomats, have never been fond of drastic change in their neighborhood. “Better the devil you know…” could be Israel’s foreign policy mot...
Op-eds
A Political Solution to an Economic Problem
Two years after the uprising that toppled long-time President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt is still struggling with a revolution that seemingly won’t end. Since late November, protests and casualti...
Policy Briefs
Mona Eltahawy’s Illiberal Liberalism
The Egyptian activist's position on free speech and protest is troubling
Op-eds
Egypt Against Itself
A society on the edge of chaos.
Op-eds
Egypt’s Never-Ending Revolution
Since January 25, Egypt has witnessed an unprecedented wave of nationwide protests which have left more than 60 people dead. The country remains in a state of lawlessness. The protests,...
Policy Briefs
Al-Qaeda and the Arab Spring
Sitting in his Abbottabad, Pakistan, compound just days before his demise in May 2011, Osama bin Laden surveyed the political turmoil in the Middle East. In a memo dated April 26, 2011, the terro...
Op-eds
Interrogate Brennan
President Obama’s nominee for CIA director, John Brennan, has been one of the president’s closest advisers over the last four years. So it should come as no surprise that O...
Op-eds
A Major Benghazi Terror Bust
The Egyptian government has nabbed a major terrorist tied to the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, according to...
Op-eds
The Quality of Morsi
Egypt’s new strongman.
Op-eds
The Battle of Gaza
Who won?