Robert Walker discusses how the future leader of Egypt will face the daunting task of feeding a country heavily reliant on food subsidies.

Charles Kenny of the Center for Global Development writes that despite a large amount of foreign aide and structural reforms, Egypt was still unable to provide viable employment opportunities for their youth.

According to Jeremy M. Sharp of the Congressional Research Service, U.S. policy toward Egypt has long been framed as an investment in regional stability, built primarily on long-running military cooperation and sustaining the March 1979 Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty. This report provides an overview of U.S.-Egyptian relations, Egyptian politics, and U.S. foreign aid to Egypt.

Haroon Moghul explains that Egypt's revolution is not an Islamist movement because Islam is not at the heart of the problem in this country.

CNBC reports on the danger of little diversity in a country's internet service providers who own the infrastructure, now that Egypt has successfully disrupted citizens' internet access and the world's acess to Egyptian internet sites.

While popular protests erupt across the Middle East, America stands on the sidelines. Stephen Kinzer writes in the Daily Beast on why the U.S. should abandon its self-defeating foreign policy in the region.

President Hosni Mubarak (below) faces unprecedented protest on the street. But it may not make him go—yet.

On the eve of Mohamed ElBaradei's return, the former U.N. official who is the Mubarak regime's most high-profile opponent shared his thoughts on the young people who've taken to the streets, political Islam, and the role of the United States.

This Time article argues that despite the initial similarities to the Tunisian revolution, Egypt lacks the educational infrastructure and military sympathy to properly rebel against the government.

This report from Stratfor Global Intelligence analyzes the recent increase in anti-Christian attacks by Islamists in Egypt, and explains the historical context that has led to an uncertain political future for the country.

In an editorial for the Washington Post, Mohamed ElBaradei bashes the current state of affairs in Egypt, denouncing the corruption and "hodgepodge" of provisions that allows the ruling regime to retain its "iron grip" over the nation.

Project on Middle East Democracy report states that U.S.-Egypt relationship will be crucial to the policy approach of the Obama administration in the Middle East.

In a message aired on Al-Jazeera TV, al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden says "Obama is following in the footsteps of his predecessor, increasing the enmity of the Muslims."

This May 2009 report from the Project on Middle East Democracy outlines U.S. policy recommendations to foster the development of democracy in Egypt.

Congressional Research Service report that provides information about the current perspectives and policies of Iraq’s neighbors; analyzes potential regional responses to continued insurgency, wider sectarian or ethnic violence, and long-term stabilization; discusses shared concerns and U.S. long-term regional interests; and reviews U.S. policy options for responding to various contingencies.

Amr Hamzawy and Dina Bishara have released a Carnegie Endowment paper looking at the success of Islamist movements in Jordan and Egypt as a result of the 2006 Lebanon War.

Text of the statement before the House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia by Jon B. Alterman (Director, Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies) arguing that US aid to Egypt remains a valuable part of US policy in the Middle East despite dissatisfaction on both sides.

In their Op-Ed piece, Danielle Pletka and Michael Rubin comment on the inconsistency between Bush's declaration to promote democracy through foreign policy rhetoric and at the same time condoning the repression of competitive elections in Egypt, abandoning imprisoned Chinese dissidents, and mulling a peace treaty with Stalinist North Korea. Bush abandons his pledge to support democracy.

CFR senior fellow Steven Cook traces the “stirrings of Egyptian nationalism” back to the 1880s and culminates with the events in Tahrir Square in early 2011. He chronicles the end of the British occupation, the emergence of the Muslim Brotherhood, the rise of Nasser and his quest to become a pan-Arab leader in the 1960s, Egypt's decision to make peace with Israel and ally with United States, the subsequent assassination of Sadat in 1981, and the revolution that overthrew Mubarak.

Ruling But Not Governing provides valuable insight into the political dynamics that perpetuate authoritarian regimes and offers novel ways to promote democratic change. In this new CFR book, author and Council Douglas Dillon Fellow Steven A. Cook highlights the critical role that the military plays in the stability of the Egyptian, Algerian, and, until recently, Turkish political systems.