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The U.S. Democracy Project

Jordan Michael Smith | May 01, 2013
American NGOs that push for democratic change abroad are facing growing resistance.

Egypt's Entrenched Military

Daniel Kurtzer
Mary Svenstrup
| Aug 22, 2012
The 2011 Tahrir uprising focused its wrath on Egypt’s authoritarian rule and economic inequalities. But now that the military seeks to co-opt the revolution, the power struggle is just beginning.

The Salafi Awakening

Daniel Byman
Zack Gold
| Jun 28, 2012
In the wake of Egypt’s revolution and subsequent elections, Westerners have focused on the Muslim Brotherhood. But the Egyptian Salafis, more fundamentalist than the Brotherhood, bear watching as well.

The Good Autocrat

Robert D. Kaplan | Jun 21, 2011
A stark contrast exists between the tyrannical rulers of the Middle East and the benign despots of East Asia. The precepts of Enlightenment thought dictate freedom for all, but Confucian leaders offer a heretical alternative to Western ideals.

Latter-Day Sultans

Daniel Byman | Jun 28, 2010
Armed with pitch-perfect talking points for the Facebook generation, a clique of fortunate sons in the Middle East is set to take over their fathers' sclerotic dictatorships. But this is not regime change. Monarchy is back.

Spoils of Babylon

Joost R. Hiltermann | Dec 16, 2009
Kirkuk is about to bring Iraq back into civil war. The Obama administration is moving toward a settlement of this disputed region that will anger everyone.
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Commentary

High Noon in Egypt's Halls of Justice

Roshanna Lawrence
Daniel Nisman
| May 06, 2013
Egyptian courts have become a major obstacle for Morsi. He's not taking it sitting down.

Encountering Egypt's Instability

Zack Gold | Feb 26, 2013
Chaotic protests are just one problem in an Egypt that seems to have no way forward.

The Unfinished Egyptian Transition

Marina Ottaway | Jan 25, 2013
All of Mubarak's opponents were unprepared for the aftermath of his departure, and they still have a lot of learning to do. There's not much outsiders can do to help. 
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Blogs

A Pragmatic President in Arabia

Paul R. Pillar | Jul 12, 2012
What the new Egyptian leaders first foreign trip to Saudi Arabia reveals about his presidency.

Stop It with the Kony 2012, Already

Malou Innocent | Apr 12, 2012
Washington reviles the LRA yet supports Arab tyrannies guilty of human-rights abuses on a vastly larger scale.

Pluralism in Egypt

Paul R. Pillar | Apr 09, 2012
The field of diverse presidential candidates with cross-cutting interests is good for Egypt and for the United States.
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Books & Reviews

Heirs of Sargon

Robert D. Kaplan | Jun 30, 2009
Iraq has a long and tortured history. Home to the tyrant, the origins of despotism lie in the primordial ooze of the Mesopotamian swamp. Yet for a brief moment fifty years ago, the land of two rivers experienced democracy.

Things Fall Apart, Review of Robert Kaplan's The Ends of the Earth: A Journey at the Dawn of the 21st Century

William McNeill | Sep 01, 1996
Kaplan has interesting things to say about what it is like to travel by public conveyances and rub shoulders with ordinary, common people in some of the earth's poorest and most stressful human environments.

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