Analysis & Commentary
2012: It Could be a Year of Middle East Uncertainty
In addition, Jonathan Schanzer, vice president of research for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, agreed that the "Iranian nuclear crisis will be the number one security concern of 2012."
9/11 and Arab Democracy
Beyond catastrophe and mourning, September 11th had unforeseen consequences in the Arab world, especially in my home country of Egypt. The attacks of that day, by citizens of America’s key Arab allies, made officials in Washington rethink their relations with Arab dictators, and begin supporting democracy in the Middle East.
A New View of the Arab Spring
Everyone knows that if you ask three Israelis what they think, you’ll get 10 opinions. Yet on a recent trip to Israel, I heard everyone from government officials to academics and cab drivers deliver the same refrain: “What Arab Spring? This is the Arab Winter.”
A Tale of Two Egyptian Armies
Last week, the Obama administration started releasing the $1.3 billion in U.S. military assistance to Egypt that’s been on hold since October. Over the objections of human rights advocates and democracy activists, Hillary Clinton signed a waiver...
AKTINA FM
U.S.-Israel relations, Israel-Turkey relations, and political developments in Egypt.
Al Qaeda Honcho Probably Not in Egyptian Custody
This morning, there was a curious report originating with the Egyptian state press and then repeated throughout the Western media that Saif al Adel, a longtime al Qaeda bigwig, had flown from Pakistan to Egypt to turn himself in.
Al Qaeda, the Internet, and the Arab Spring
On Thursday, I was a panelist at a National Counterterrorism Center-sponsored conference on the global threat posed by al Qaeda; my panel focused on terrorist use of the Internet. This entry is adapted from my remarks, which were forward-looking in nature.
Al Youm
US outreach to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Is this a step that the United States should be taking?
Annals of the Arab Spring: Al-Qaeda Launches from Egypt to Attack Israel
Tension is mounting as Israel comes to grips with the new reality of Islamist Egypt. On Thursday, a team of 15 to 20 armed al-Qaeda terrorists (members of the Palestinian Popular Committees, an al-Qaeda affiliate) snaked through tunnels from Gaza to Sinai. From there, they hiked 200 kilometers over land, either ignored or facilitated by Egyptian army forces.
Arab Spring Unleashes Extremist Arab Street
For years, Europe's liberal and progressive left derided American neoconservatives. Their advocacy for a US policy devoted to the spread of democracy in the Middle East was depicted as a ploy to change the subject in the region in order to get Israel off the hook.
Bangladesh Today, Egypt Tomorrow
James Clapper issued a clarification last week. Within hours of testifying to Congress that the Muslim Brotherhood is a “largely secular” organization, he clarified that he had meant to say the Muslim Brotherhood is not a secular organization. Clapper, the Obama administration’s national intelligence director, did not clue us in on whether he’d been tipped off by the organization’s name or by its motto proclaiming devotion to Islam, Mohammed, the Koran, sharia, and jihad — the final term being one he may have missed thanks to ongoing government efforts to purge it from our lexicon.
Best of Enemies
After years of ambiguity, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has finally lifted the veil on Iran's nuclear secrets and forced even the most sceptical to take sides.
Beware the Brokering of Egypt’s ElBaradei
Now that Hosni Mubarak has resigned as dictator of Egypt, what role in the perilous transition ahead might be played by former United Nations nuclear chief and Nobel laureate, Mohamed ElBaradei?
Biggest Story of 2011 for Me? The Uncertainty of the “Arab Spring”
The dramatic protests and revolutions that swept across Muslim countries throughout the Middle East and North Africa in 2011 were the biggest story of the year. This is a story -- or rather a multitude of stories -- of heroism and tragedy set against the backdrop of realpolitik.
Concern for Egypt
Now that runoff results are in from the first round of Egypt’s parliamentary elections, it’s clear that the Islamists are running the board. As Samuel Tadros writes in the National Review, that includes not only the Muslim Brotherhood
Congressional Letter Puts Focus on Struggle for Freedom in Advance of Presidential Address in Egypt
Yesterday ten Members of Congress sent a letter to President Obama with recommendations for his highly anticipated June 5th address in Egypt. The letter addresses a variety of issues important to the region including human rights, democracy, the situation in Darfur, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the rise of radical Islamist ideologies.
Crane Durham’s Nothing But Truth
Egypt, is this Obama's hostage crisis? Syria: how could we stop the killing? Israel: are we working with them or against them in our disclosures.
Defcon 3
Are Islamists replacing autocrats in Egypt and Turkey?
Deficits in the Arab World
In a startling U.N. report, Arab Human Development Report 2002, a team of Arab scholars, led by Jordan's former Deputy Prime Minister Rima Khalaf Hunaidi, examined the following question: "Why is Arab culture, why are Arab countries lagging behind?"
Delaware’s Afternoon News with Allan Loudel
Political developments in Egypt following the parliamentary elections.
