Analysis & Commentary
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 casualties have become...
Egypt Against Itself
This week marks the second anniversary of the fall of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. Two years after the refrain “the people want to topple the regime” filled Tahrir Square, it is now Egypt itself that is toppling.
The Quality of Morsi
Egypt’s political crisis seems to be testing the conviction, long held in certain Western circles, that actually having to govern a modern nation-state will moderate Islamists.
Will Egyptians Put an End to Morsi’s Power Grab?
Last week, Egypt’s elected president Mohamed Morsi gave himself more power than even deposed president Hosni Mubarak had under decades of military dictatorship.
Review: The Dictator’s Learning Curve: Inside the Global Battle for Democracy
In the past two years, groups dedicated to the overthrow of longstanding authoritarian regimes, particularly in the Middle East, have experienced startling success that regional...
How the Arab Spring’s Prisoner Releases Have Helped the Jihadi Cause
The investigation of the devastating Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed American ambassador Christopher Stevens -- limited as it is by security concerns that hampered the FBI's access...
A Continuation of the Revolution?
A large demonstration is planned for Friday in front of the U.S. embassy in Cairo but, as you can see on Al Jazeera’s live streaming video, protesters are gathered today, too.
The Israeli-American Divide
Last weekend, in the most dramatic shakeup of Egypt’s political system since Hosni Mubarak was toppled from his presidency, President Muhammad Morsi sacked Defense Minister Mohamed Hussein Tantawi...
Egypt and the Rule of Law
Last week, Egypt’s administrative court tried to invalidate the assembly charged with drafting the country’s first constitution since protesters overthrew president Hosni Mubarak over a year ago.
Egypt’s Future Uncertain as Mubarak’s Health Worsens
With Egypt soon to head into the final round of its first presidential elections, deposed dictator Hosni Mubarak looks to be on his last legs. Though a court recently sentenced him to life in prison, Mubarak looks not to have much life left in him.
El Informativo
Jonathan Schanzer, especialista en Oriente Próximo, habló con NTN24 sobre condena impuesta a Hosni Mubarak y aseguró que el fallo es hasta ahora el comienzo de un largo proceso legal.
A Second-Best President for Egypt
This week, Egyptians will elect a president for the first time in their history. Since 1953, the year in which Egypt became a republic, the country’s presidents have been no more than military dictators in civilian attire.
Mubarak’s Old Stalwarts Vie for Supremacy
In late May, Egyptians will vote in the first free presidential election in their history. But despite parliamentary elections and other inklings of democracy, the forces of the old dictatorship under deposed President Hosni Mubarak still hold the cards.
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...
How to Kill an Economy
Late last week Spanish authorities announced that they’re extraditing Egyptian businessman Hussein Salem, a close associate of former president Hosni Mubarak. Salem is a central figure in the post-Mubarak narrative of the regime’s rampant corruption.
Hostage Crisis
Since last month, 19 Americans working with pro-democracy nonprofit organizations have been under investigation for trumped-up charges of operating without proper registration.
The Military, Not Mubarak, was Egyptians’ Real Enemy
Aside from Egypt, perhaps no place in the world was more galvanized by the events in Cairo’s Tahrir Square last year than Washington. American policymakers and foreign policy experts on both sides of the aisle rallied behind the cause of the young men and women
Egypt in Transition
Today Egyptians celebrate the first anniversary of the uprising that ended three decades of authoritarian rule under Hosni Mubarak. In its rocky aftermath, the army took control, but the transitional process it set up created major advantages for Islamist parties, which were the only ones...
Free Hour
Egypt marks the one year anniversary of Mubarak's departure.
The Arab Winter of Discontent
When a Tunisian street vendor set himself on fire in a remote corner of Tunisia, on December 17, 2010, his unprecedented gesture triggered a stormthat, nearly ten months later, is now commonly referred to as the “Arab Spring.”
