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November 30, 2011

United States
U.S. Policy on Egypt Needs A Big Shift

Protesters chant slogans against the head of the ruling military council Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi at Tahrir Square (Amr Dalsh/Courtesy Reuters) My good friend and colleague Marc Lynch a…

U.S. Policy on Egypt Needs A Big Shift
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

February 25, 2015

Wars and Conflict
White House Summit Embraces Women’s Rights to Counter Violent Extremism

Last week, the White House sponsored an international summit on strategies to counter violent extremism (CVE), focusing on groups such as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and al-Qaeda. Amon…

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism in Washington, DC, February 2015 (Courtesy Joshua Roberts/Reuters).
Blog Post by Catherine Powell Development Channel

May 27, 2011

Weekend Reading

Lebanese freshly baked bread emerges from an oven at a bakery in Beirut (Jamal Saidi/Courtesy Reuters) Marc Lynch’s piece on John McCain on Foreign Policy.com: Straight Talk on the Arab Spring …

Weekend Reading
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

May 20, 2011

Weekend Reading

Egyptian women walk past a policeman in the newly renovated historical street of Elmoez Lideen Ella in Old Cairo (Asmaa Waguih/Courtesy Reuters) The Maghreb Blog: Morocco’s Shaky Commitment to Re…

Weekend Reading
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

April 29, 2011

Weekend Reading

Palestinian youths read the Koran during a lesson inside a mosque in Gaza City (Mohammed Salem/Courtesy Reuters) Good Morning, Sinai: Hassan Nafaa on the potential new relationship between the Eg…

Weekend Reading
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates