The United States came up with “maximum pressure”—but the Israeli government is the only one carrying it out.

There’s something farcical—but entirely rational—about the way authoritarians such as Egypt’s Sisi invoke legal justifications for repression.

The U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has generated intense debate for two decades, raising enduring questions about national security, human rights, and justice.

Egypt is again proving useful to the United States—for now.