Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Why is a marriage question dividing Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Sheikh Ahmad al-Tayyib?
Designating the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization could actually increase the threat of terrorism rather than diminish it.
The Arab Spring protests upended the order of the Middle East, but six years later much remains the same.
Donald Trump’s immigration ban has angered many Arabs, but not their leaders.
The Egyptian government’s readiness to utilize conspiracy theories, defamation, hate speech and populism to justify repression has made it easier for the military establishment to systematically violate citizens’ rights and to disregard the principles of the rule of law without fearing accountability.
The strengthening of authoritarianism is especially visible in the margins of the Egyptian state.
While military and intelligence cooperation between Israel and Egypt has become increasingly close, these ties don’t exist at the people-to-people level.
Despite several setbacks across the Middle East, Islamist parties have adapted in diverse ways to the new political environments.
The denial of democratic opportunities, the rise of successful violent movements, and the shifting regional and Islamist contexts make it likely that the coming period of Islamist politics will be dominated by non–Muslim Brotherhood organizations.
The Egyptian–Israeli relationship was built on a foundation of security cooperation, and in many ways that cooperation has never been better.