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September 8, 2016

Iran
The Danger to Scholars

I’m a proud co-signer of an open letter defending some of America’s most impressive scholars against Middle Eastern dictators who are trying to keep them out and shut them up. The title is "Open lett…

December 13, 2014

Middle East and North Africa
What’s General Sisi So Scared Of?

This morning’s New York Times reveals the paranoia and vulnerability of the current Egyptian regime. Michele Dunne, a former career diplomat who served in Cairo and also at the National Security Cou…

December 27, 2018

United States
Ten American Foreign Policy Influentials Who Died in 2018

As 2018 comes to a close, here are ten influential U.S. foreign policy figures who passed away this year. 

President George H.W. Bush greets troops in Saudi Arabia during a 1990 Thanksgiving visit.

July 11, 2011

China
Time for the United States to Learn from China

Employees decorate a Buick Regal car at a General Motors auto dealership in Suining, Sichuan province on November 18, 2010. (Stringer Shanghai/Courtesy Reuters) The United States has spent over thir…

Employees decorate a Buick Regal car at a General Motors auto dealership in Suining, Sichuan province on November 18, 2010.

August 7, 2015

Egypt
Weekend Reading: A Gift to the World

Mada Masr highlights the celebrations for “Egypt’s gift to the world,” the New Suez Canal. Michael Collins Dunn examines the original festivities for the opening of the Suez Canal in 1867. Safiaa M…

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