Mohamed Morsi

June 5, 2015 |

Terrorism and Tourism in Egypt

Unidentified gunmen on motorcycles killed two members of the tourist police Wednesday at...

April 21, 2015 | Jonathan Schanzer

A Survey of Global Terrorism and Terrorist Financing

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March 14, 2015 | FDD Policy Brief

Bold Plans at Egypt’s Economic Summit, But Challenges Linger

Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has a flair for dramatic gestures. In his nine months in office, the Egyptian president has challenged the state’s...

February 25, 2015 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

ISIL’s International Expansion: What Does Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis’s Oath of Allegiance Mean?

The international expansion of the jihadist organization known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has become a ...

February 3, 2015 | FDD Policy Brief

Egypt Nears the Brink

The political turmoil roiling Egypt since the military’s 2013 ouster of President Mohamed Morsi is starting to bubble over. On Tuesday, a...

December 29, 2014 | Oren Kessler

“Rapprochement” Aside, Egypt and Qatar Remain Rivals

Egypt and Qatar want the world to know they’re friends...

December 4, 2014 |

Egypt’s Revolution Comes Full Circle

It all looks so familiar. Nearly four years after toppling Hosni Mubarak, crowds returned to Cairo on Saturday to protest the ex-president’s acquittal over causing 239 protesters’ dea...

November 7, 2014 | |

Sinai Crisis Binds Egypt and Israel

Last week, Sinai-based extremists targeted the North Sinai security headquarters with a massive blast, causing damag...

October 3, 2014 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

Sandstorm

The great medieval historian Ibn Khaldun centered his understanding of history on asabiyya, which is perhaps best translated as esprit de corps mixed with the will to power. In his maste...

September 12, 2014 | Jonathan Schanzer

Hamas’s Benefactors: A Network of Terror

Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Deutch, Ranking Member Sherman, and distinguished members of these subcommittees, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, I tha...

September 12, 2014 | David Andrew Weinberg |

The Gulf Cooperation Council: Deepening Rifts and Emerging Challenges

Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Member Deutch, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies for the opportunity to discuss tensions in...

September 9, 2014 | |

Hamas’s Benefactors: A Network of Terror

Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Deutch, Ranking Member Sherman, and distinguished members of these subcommittees, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, I thank yo...

August 5, 2014 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Hamas’s BFFs

The next time there is an effort to broker a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel -- and there will be a next time -- Qatar and Turkey should be sitting at the table beside Hamas, not among the re...

July 15, 2014 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Friendless In The Middle East

One week after the start of Israel’s “Operation Protective Edge,” also known as Hamas’ “10th of Ramadan War,” Washington is looking on helplessly. Preside...

May 21, 2014 | |

The Gulf Cooperation Council

Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Member Deutch, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies for the opportunity to discuss tensions in...

May 7, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Christians Persecuted at Alarming Rate in Iran, Arab World, US Report Says

Christians are under siege in the Middle East, and the Obama administration is not doing enough to stop religious persecution by its allies, according to a new report from a bipartisan federal co...

March 7, 2014 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

A Baleful Peace Process

To be outrageously iconoclastic among the Washington foreign-policy crowd is easy: Just suggest that the Israeli-Arab peace process is not merely pointless but actually damaging to America’...

March 6, 2014 |

Frustration with Qatar Adds to GCC Security Dispute

In a striking new development, the governments of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday said they were withdrawing their ambassadors from Qatar. In a joint statement, th...

February 25, 2014 | |

These Aren’t the Terrorists You’re Looking For

On Feb. 16, a bus full of South Korean tourists was idling near the Taba border crossing in Sou...

February 11, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

Al Qaeda’s Expansion in Egypt Implications for U.S. Homeland Security

Chairman King, Ranking Member Higgins, members of the committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss al Qaeda’s presence in Egypt. The uprisings throughou...