By blocking UN vote, Egypt sticks finger in Turkey’s eye
Egypt blocked a United Nations Security Council resolution this past Saturday that...
Mohamed Morsi
Hamas and Egypt Make Amends?
A steady stream of reports in recent weeks has suggested that Egypt is burying the hatchet with Hamas. The Washington Post saw an “...
Op-eds
Egypt hands strategic Red Sea islands to Saudis, and Israel doesn’t object
Egypt and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement Saturday for Cairo to return control of two uninhabited but strategic Red Sea islands to the kingdom. The islands — Tiran and Sanafir — lie...
Op-eds
Containing ISIS, keeping Assad weak
Israel should favor a Kurdish state and Druse autonomy in Syria; must prevent Islamic State from securing a presence on its border; has the tools to deter Hezbollah; and would like to see Preside...
Op-eds
Al-Jazeera Files $150M Claim Against Egypt for Harassment of Journalists
The Al-Jazeera news network has filed a $150M arbitration claim against the government of Egypt, making good on a three-year-old threat to seek redress for what it describes as the persecution of...
Op-eds
Ankara’s Failure
Makalenin Türkçe çevirisini buradan okuyabilirsiniz. When ...
Op-eds
Dissent likely to be muted on Egyptian revolution’s fifth anniversary
Monday is the fifth anniversary of Egypt's Jan. 25 revolution, but you'd be forgiven for not noticing. The government is waging the ...
Op-eds
Trading Peace in Egypt and Israel
This year marks the tenth anniversary of an Egyptian-Israeli economic partnership that has quietly pumped billions into Cairo’s vulnerable economy. The free-trade framework known as Qualify...
Op-eds
Top Prosecutor’s Death Presages Long, Hot Summer in Egypt
Egypt’s top public prosecutor was killed Monday in a car...
Policy Briefs
Admitting Syrian Refugees: The Intelligence Void and the Escalating Homeland Security Threat
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Congressional Testimonies
Terrorism and Tourism in Egypt
Unidentified gunmen on motorcycles killed two members of the tourist police Wednesday at...
Op-eds
A Survey of Global Terrorism and Terrorist Financing
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Congressional Testimonies
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...
Policy Briefs
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 ...
Op-eds
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...
Policy Briefs
“Rapprochement” Aside, Egypt and Qatar Remain Rivals
Egypt and Qatar want the world to know they’re friends...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
Sinai Crisis Binds Egypt and Israel
Last week, Sinai-based extremists targeted the North Sinai security headquarters with a massive blast, causing damag...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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...