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October 31, 2013
United States
This Week: Syria Destroys CW Facilities, Egypt Continues Crackdown, and Washington Hosts Maliki
Significant Developments Syria. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons announced today that Syria had “completed rendering inoperable its chemical weapons production and assembly i…
August 7, 2012
Egypt
Who Are the Muslim Brothers?
Who are Egypt’s Muslim Brothers? Over the last eighteen months much has been written about the Muslim Brotherhood. Once limited to the realm of academic specialists and Middle East policy analysts,…
February 17, 2012
United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Renewed International Efforts on Iran and Syria
Significant Middle East Developments Syria. The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a new resolution Thursday calling for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to end the brutal attacks on the Sy…
November 23, 2011
Egypt
Egypt: Who Will Be The Prime Minister?
When Field Marshal Tantawi accepted the resignation of the Sharaf government yesterday, he did not announce a new prime minister. Why? Apparently the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) cannot…
November 22, 2011
Egypt
Habla Espanol, Mushir Tantawi?
Head of Egypt's ruling military council Field Marshal Tantawi (Amr Nabil/Courtesy Reuters). In a piece today at ForeignPolicy.com, I argued that the root of Egypt’s present troubles is a worldview o…
