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April 5, 2011

Egypt
Mubarak Was Correct (On Gaza)

Egyptian security forces stand guard at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip (Ismail Zaydah/Courtesy Reuters) Ever since Hosni Mubarak took flight to Sharm el Sheikh, it’s been wid…

Egyptian security forces stand guard at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip (Ismail Zaydah, Courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

May 18, 2011

Recent Articles on Syria and "Nakba Day"

I’ve written recently on Syria and on the Palestinian "Nakba Day," in The Weekly Standard. In an article entitled "The Illusion of Peace With Syria," I argue that the Obama Administration must reali…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

September 15, 2011

Defense and Security
Quick Takes: Must Reads on Libya and Defense Spending

Members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group greet their relatives upon their release from Abu Salim prison near Tripoli on August 31, 2010. (Ismail Zitouny/courtesy Reuters) The New York Times and …

Members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group smile when they meet their relatives upon their release from Abu Salim prison near Tripoli August 31, 2010. Libya freed 37 prisoners late on Tuesday, including at least one former detainee at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, who had been jailed for links to radical Islamist groups but have since renounced violence. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

October 12, 2011

Israel
Egypt, Hamas, and the Shalit Deal

A Palestinian schoolboy walks past a mural depicting captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in the Gaza Strip (Ismail Zaydah/Courtesy Reuters) It is hard to believe, but it has been five and a half y…

Egypt, Hamas, and the Shalit Deal
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

October 20, 2011

United States
The Death of Qaddafi

Residents celebrate at Martyrs square in Tripoli October 20, 2011 after hearing the news that former leader Muammar Gaddafi was killed in Sirte (Ismail Zetouni/Courtesy Reuters). On the second eveni…

Residents celebrate at Martyrs square in Tripoli October 20, 2011 after hearing the news that former leader Muammar Gaddafi was killed in Sirte (Ismail Zetouni/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action