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Is There a Future for American Universities in the Middle East?

Pompeo's fiery speech at the American University in Cairo in February triggered a faculty uprising against the university administration and trustees. Painful as it may be, the spectacle is the best advertisement for the norms, policies, and procedures that have made American education such a powerful global brand.

Lisa Anderson

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Education Mar 22, 2019 Snapshot

Is There a Future for American Universities in the Middle East?

Pompeo's fiery speech at the American University in Cairo in February triggered a faculty uprising against the university administration and trustees. Painful as it...

Lisa Anderson

Sisi Oct 22, 2018 Snapshot

To Stop Sisi, Strengthen Egypt’s Judiciary

Rights groups and others have called for Sisi to allow competitive elections, but his regime is unlikely to accede to such demands. Activists and governments would be...

Bruce Rutherford

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends a military ceremony in Paris, France, November 2014

Ideology September/October 2018 Review Essay

Muslim Brothers

Gamal Abdel Nasser and Sayyid Qutb are usually remembered as bitter enemies and representatives of two sides of Egypt's most intractable political divide. But in his...

Reviewed by Shadi Hamid

Campaigns & Elections Mar 23, 2018 Snapshot

Egypt's Sham Election

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's victory in the upcoming election is all but assured. His brutal repression of dissent, however, may have irreparably damaged...

Andrew Miller and Amy Hawthorne

Defense Policy Jan 4, 2018 Snapshot

Egypt First

Sisi is leading Egypt away from its traditional allies and toward a more independent—and uncertain—future.

Michael Wahid Hanna and Daniel Benaim

Sisi speaks to the press after a meeting with Putin, December 2017.

Domestic Politics Aug 21, 2017 Snapshot

The Muslim Brotherhood's Fatal Mistake

Of the many strategic misjudgments that the Brotherhood made during Egypt’s short-lived “Arab Spring,” the Brotherhood’s belief that it could out-mobilize the regime’s...

Eric Trager

ISIS Jun 20, 2017 Snapshot

Do Copts Have a Future in Egypt?

Egypt's Coptic Christians are a scapegoated minority that has become the target of ISIS attacks in recent months. They are facing the systematic destruction of their...

Nina Shea

A nun cries as she stands at the scene inside Cairo's Coptic cathedral following a bombing, December 2016.

Gender May 30, 2017 Letter From

The Suffering of Egypt's Transgender Community

Transgender individuals in Egypt face a wealth of challenges, from difficulty obtaining basic treatment for gender dysphoria to discrimination from the police and...

Aya Nader

A woman walks along the sand dunes as the sun sets over rocks in the White Desert north of the Farafra Oasis, southwest of Cairo, Egypt, May 2015.

Security May 15, 2017 Snapshot

Egypt and Sudan's Escalating Border Dispute

Calculating that the regional balance of power had changed in its favor thanks to improved ties with both Saudi Arabia and the United States, Khartoum asked Egypt to...

Maged Atef

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi sits during a signing of agreements ceremony with Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir (unseen) at the El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo, October 2016.

Terrorism & Counterterrorism May 10, 2017 Snapshot

Egypt's Failed War on Terror

Beyond what appear to be significant human rights abuses, to date Cairo has demonstrated a stunning lack of will and competence to eradicate ISIS from Egyptian...

David Schenker

An Egyptian military vehicle on a highway in northern Sinai, May 2015.

Security Apr 13, 2017 Snapshot

Sisi Is No Partner For the United States

The United States might share some short-term interests with Sisi's government—but backing him won't advance stability or prosperity in the longer term.

Meir Walters

U.S. President Donald Trump meets Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., April 3, 2017.

Security Mar 24, 2017 Snapshot

Why Europe Is Floating Egypt's Navy

European states are selling military equipment to Egypt in the hope that arms deals will help Cairo secure Europe's southern borders.

Mohamed Soliman

From the Archives Mar 13, 2017 Snapshot

Sinai’s Suffering

After decades of relative calm, El-Arish, the capital of Egypt’s North Sinai province, has become a recruiting ground for the Islamic State (ISIS) as civilian...

Maged Atef

A woman who was displaced from the border areas of northern Sinai is seen near shacks on the outskirts of Al-Arish city, Egypt, May 2015.

Syria Feb 12, 2017 Snapshot

Egypt Picks Sides in the Syrian War

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s sympathy for his Syrian counterpart have been visible for years, but he is now finally admitting to it.

Oren Kessler

Democratization Jan 24, 2017 Snapshot

Stuck With Sisi

The current Egyptian government’s repression of its opponents is broader and more brutal, youth unemployment is higher, the economy is in dismal shape, and there is a...

Eric Trager

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at a meeting of the Arab Summit in Egypt's South Sinai governate, March 2015.

Egypt March/April 2017 Response

O Brotherhood Where Art Thou?

Debating Sisi's Strategy

Ahmed Abu Zeid and Steven A. Cook

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi hold pictures of him after he was overthrown by the Egyptian army, Cairo, July 2013.

Economics Jan 11, 2017 Snapshot

Commercial Diplomacy in the Middle East

The Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) protocol between Egypt and Israel, guided by American diplomacy, has given a boost to the region's security and prosperity.

Haisam Hassanein

A container ship in the New Suez Canal, July 2015.

Politics & Society Dec 9, 2016 Letter From

The Making of Egypt's Presidents

Menoufia Governorate has produced four of Egypt's last five leaders—even though it is relatively poor and small. A dispatch on the factors behind the province's success.

Peter Schwartzstein

A pro-government protester holds a poster of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Alexandria, January 2016.

From the Archives Nov 29, 2016 Snapshot

Egypt's Unlikely Ardor for Trump

More than three weeks after the election, the American public remains divided over Donald Trump’s surprise victory. Six thousand miles away, however, one U.S. ally has...

Oren Kessler

Middle East November/December 2016 Essay

Egypt’s Nightmare

By almost every measure, conditions in Egypt are worse now than prior to the revolution. Yet Egypt’s rulers continue to focus on repression. More than three years...

Steven A. Cook

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the graduation of 83 aviation and military science at the Air Force Academy in Cairo, Egypt, July, 2016.

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