Steven A. Cook

Reading List
Steven A. Cook
An annotated Foreign Affairs syllabus on the Middle East peace process.
Review Essay
Mar/Apr
2009
Steven A. Cook

Bruce Rutherford’s Egypt After Mubarak is an ambitious effort to explain how the Muslim Brotherhood, the judiciary, and the business sector can work in parallel, if not exactly together, to influence Egypt’s political future.

Essay
Mar/Apr
2005
Steven A. Cook

If President Bush hopes to make good on his promise to bring democracy to the Arab world, he must rethink U.S. strategy, which overemphasizes civil society and economic development. Neither has caused much political liberalization in the Middle East, nor have more punitive measures. To promote Arab democracy, Washington needs a new approach: offering financial incentives for political reform.