Mohamad Bazzi says President Obama's actions have fallen short of his words on revamping America's relationship with the Arab and Muslim worlds.

A nuclear-free zone in the Middle East would go a long way toward "nuclear symmetry," with uniform obligations and verification controls, says Egyptian arms control expert Nabil Fahmy.

Recent violence against Christians in Malaysia and Egypt points to rising tensions over religious freedom and Islamic identity. Legal expert Angela Wu argues these issues must be considered more carefully in U.S. foreign policy.

Elliott Abrams argues that support for democracy and human rights should be present in U.S. foreign policy toward Egypt.

CFR Mideast expert Steven A. Cook says Egypt and the United States have moved to end their estrangement but haven't made much progress in advancing Arab-Israeli peace.

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.

Egypt is now entering a period of political transition with the expectation that President Hosni Mubarak's almost twenty-eight-year tenure will shortly come to an end. This Center for Preventive Action Contingency Planning Memorandum assesses the possibility of a troubled leadership succession or an Islamist push for political power, the implications for the United States, and policy steps the U.S. government might take depending on what it determines as its broader policy objectives in Egypt.

Resolutions passed to promote a cease fire among parties involved in the Suez Crisis, and to establish the creation and placement of an international force to maintain the peace.

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."

Michael J. Gerson asks, "In Cairo, will [President Obama] have anything to say to those fighting for human rights?"

Steven A. Cook says, "Spending money on democracy promotion in Egypt only made matters worse."

Richard N. Haass discusses President Obama's speech in Cairo.

Elliott Abrams suggests that President Obama's speech in Cairo should focus on "freedom and the future."

Steven A. Cook discusses President Obama's speech in Cairo.

Thomas W. Lippman argues that Cairo's Al Azhar mosque would be the ideal location for President Obama's speech in Egypt.

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

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.

An interview with Ayman Nour shortly before his arrest in 2005. Nour, a pro-democracy Egyptian dissident, was released after three years in prison on February 18, 2009.

A profile of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, a militant Islamist group that is fully merged with al-Qaeda.

A profile of Jamaat al-Islamiyya.