Whither the Neocons?
Against the backdrop of the continuing crisis in Egypt, Max Boot takes note of the apparent divide between the Israeli right and American neoconservatives over how to respond to the situation. Much of...
View ArticleThe Daily Talking Points
News and views on U.S.-Iran relations for February 1: The Wall Street Journal: Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Max Boot writes, “[I]t does scant justice to the complexity of the situation to...
View ArticleU.S.-backed Mubarak Cracks Down on Protesters
This is from Cairo, right in the middle of this turmoil. Mubarak is clearly backed by the Americans. He took some moves after speaking with Obama and a visit by a former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Frank...
View ArticleTwo Essays on Neocon Split over Egypt
Jack Ross, the American Conservative blogger, has an enlightening essay on Right Web about the neoconservative split over the current events unfolding in Egypt. Ross’s tack is somewhat different than...
View ArticleEmad in IHT: Will Smiles Last for Egyptian Labor?
Our colleague Emad Mekay has a piece on Egyptian labor in today’s International Herald Tribune, the global edition of the New York Times. The role of labor was crucial in Egyptians’ popular efforts to...
View ArticleLee Smith on Linkage: 'Central Plank of Mubarakism Was the Peace Treaty'
Lee Smith, the Weekly Standard writer and Hudson fellow, had some difficult truths to tell the hardline Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA). In a phone briefing, he talked about the...
View ArticleEgyptians Protest in Cairo’s Tahrir Square Following Mubarak Verdict
via Think Progress Thousands of Egyptians poured into the streets on Saturday, a day after a court sentenced former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to a life prison sentence, enraging protesters who...
View ArticleSome Thoughts on the Nonaligned Movement Summit in Tehran
via Lobe Log It must be considered pure fortuity for the Islamic Republic of Iran that the decision to hold the Nonaligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran was made three years ago in Sharm El-Sheikh,...
View ArticleMorsi, the Muslim Brotherhood and Democracy: A Sputtering Start
by Emile Nakhleh via IPS News The governing programme of Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood has been disappointing. His commitment to genuine democracy has been faltering, and...
View ArticleA History of the Search for Justice in the Middle East
by Barbara Slavin via IPS News It’s no wonder that Egypt has floundered in its efforts to create a more democratic system from the ruins of the Mubarak regime. A sweeping new history of Middle Eastern...
View ArticleEgypt Coup Challenges US Credibility
by Emile Nakhleh via IPS News The military’s removal of democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi poses a serious challenge to Washington’s pro-democracy agenda and its ability to influence events...
View ArticleThe Military as Egypt’s Political Master
via LobeLog by Henry Precht I wonder if it might help to puzzle out where the army might be taking Egypt in the period ahead if we think back to the Iranian revolution and the military’s role therein....
View ArticleThe American Right’s Holy War in Egypt
via LobeLog by Daniel Luban For the last few weeks, Lobelog has been noting the continued disagreements among US neoconservatives over how to respond to the military coup in Egypt, with a few prominent...
View ArticleWashington’s Worries Grow Over Saudi Ties
by Jim Lobe via IPS News As the administration of President Barack Obama continues wrestling with how to react to the military coup in Egypt and its bloody aftermath, officials and independent analysts...
View ArticleEgypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Is Not Going Away
via LobeLog by Jasmin Ramsey Almost 1,000 Egyptians have died, according to the official count, since Aug. 14 when Egypt’s armed forces began clamping down on Muslim Brotherhood-led protests against...
View ArticleEgypt’s Troubled Road
via LobeLog by Wayne White The arrest of many senior Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leaders and the banning of the organization are the latest blows in what appears to be a relentless campaign by General...
View ArticleA Curtain for Egypt
via LobeLog by Henry Precht In the turbulent weeks after the Iranian revolution we officers in the State Department or in Embassy Tehran struggled to construct a “normal” relationship with the...
View ArticleClueless in Cairo
How Egypt’s Generals Sidelined Uncle Sam by Dilip Hiro Since September 11, 2001, Washington’s policies in the Middle East have proven a grim imperial comedy of errors and increasingly a spectacle of...
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