Erdogan Dreams of Annexing Arab Countries, Reviving the Turkish Empire
The prospect of a revived Turkish empire poses a new threat to Arab sovereignty.
Hassan al-Banna
Hezbollah Emerged from Iran’s Revolution, Not “Resistance” to Israel
A false claim, now common in Western media and academia, portrays Hezbollah as having emerged in response to Israel’s 1982 invasion and subsequent occupation of Lebanon. In reality, Hezbollah arose in...
Op-eds
Blacklisting the Brotherhood
The Trump administration made history on November 24, 2025, when it issued an executive order calling for the U.S. government to designate “certain Muslim Brotherhood chapters as Foreign Terrorist...
Op-eds
The many shades of Islam
Not all interpretations justify and drive terrorism – but some do
Op-eds
How to Finish off the Muslim Brotherhood
Donald Trump’s recent executive order is the right approach to diminishing the Muslim Brotherhood’s influence in the Middle East, but further measures should target its broader financial support networks.
Op-eds
Meet the Muslim Brotherhood
Working to reestablish the caliphate for almost a century
Op-eds
Patient Extremism: The Many Faces of the Muslim Brotherhood
Memos
Qatar-Based Group Aligned With Muslim Brotherhood Backs Iran Against Israel
A network of Islamist clerics is exploiting the conflict in Iran to push its hardline agenda. Scholars aligned with the pro-Muslim Brotherhood, Qatar-based International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS)...
Policy Briefs
The Muslim Brotherhood Pledges Support to Iran
The Muslim Brotherhood still backs the clerical regime in Tehran. The group’s interim senior official, or acting guardian, Saleh Abdel Haq, sent a letter of support to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei...
Policy Briefs
The dagger in the Ayatollah’s cloak
President Trump decided to take it away from him
Op-eds
Khomeini’s war: Sunni Islamists taught Shia Iran to hate Israel
The ayatollahs adopted the Muslim Brotherhood’s worldview to make the destruction of the Jewish state the regime’s holy cause. The Shia leadership in Najaf now has the chance to return the Shia world to pacifism
Op-eds
Options for Designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a Terrorist Organization
Once again a Trump administration is debating whether or not to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. The last time around, during Trump’s first term, the effort petered out amidst...
Op-eds
10 Things to Know About the Muslim Brotherhood
The Muslim Brotherhood is a transnational Islamist movement dedicated to the remaking of society and government according to the dictates of Islamic law, or sharia. Founded in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna,...
Insights
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Last Stand in Jordan
For years, Jordan’s government opted to contain rather than confront the Muslim Brotherhood. That strategy has failed.
Op-eds
Fraternal Islamists: Getting to Know the Muslim Brotherhood
Episode 38
Foreign Podicy
Iran can cause a new Holocaust, warns Islam expert in Austrian Parliament
"If there is going to be a repeat of the Holocaust, it will not be in Europe - here people have matured - but in the Middle East."
Op-eds
Some ‘Modernizer’
Is Saudi Arabia’s crown prince joining a long line of absolutist rulers in the Middle East?
Op-eds
A bloody day in London town
“The Kafir’s Blood Is Halal For You, So Shed it.” That’s just one of the catchier headlines in a recent issue of ...
Op-eds
The Truth About Egypt’s Revolution
The usual account of Egypt’s revolution goes like this: In February 2011, Hosni Mubarak resigned after 18 days...
Op-eds
Erdogan and the Meaning of Hitler
It’s one of those questions political science majors debate over too many beers at the college pub: Which is better, a parliamentary system or a government headed by a powerful chief execut...