The Egyptian dictator demanded his citizens give up freedoms for development. Now they have neither.
Egypt’s Al-Sisi Has Caged Himself In
read more
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
How Brute Violence Became Egypt’s Answer to Virtually Everything
Ten years ago, the country’s security forces killed over 800 protestors in broad daylight. Today, no critic is spared in the dictatorship, which receives ample U.S. military aid.
Bilateral Complicity: The Next U.S. President and Egypt
Washington sends over a billion dollars to Egypt every year. Will the next president demand a better human rights record in return?
Obama: Be War-Weary, Not World-Weary
How the Obama administration can make good on its stated preference for diplomacy over war.
Coup Fever
Despite the lip service given to democracy the world over, coups remain a popular last resort. Here’s why.
Who Are the People?
In a society in upheaval, just who are “the People”?
Egypt’s Fateful Choice: Democracy or Authoritarianism?
Algeria descended into civil war when its military suppressed the country’s democratically popular Islamists. Could the same happen in Egypt?
Egypt’s Dark Tunnel
The Egyptian people face a very difficult choice. They must choose a path that does not lead toward greater violence, further economic decline, dictatorship, or even civil war. Egypt must somehow avoid the fate of Syria (a civil war with over 100,000 civilian...
A Familiar Script in Egypt
Many Egyptians and Western critics of the Muslim Brotherhood welcomed the military coup that recently toppled the country's elected Brotherhood-led government, praising the military for safeguarding secularism and "democracy." This betrays a gross misreading of the...