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August 11, 2013

Middle East and North Africa
Understanding Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood

Why did the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt behave in ways that led to its removal from power so quickly--and with widespread public support for that move? Can the Brotherhood (or "MB") ever change, or i…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

January 20, 2012

Iran
Weekend Reading: Economic Challenges, Constitutional Lessons, and an Iranian Scenario

Adeel Malik and Bassem Awadallah comment on the economic challenges in a ‘post-Arab Spring’ Middle East. Abdel Moneim Said argues that the American ruling on sharia in Oklahoma may hold a lesson for…

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

June 27, 2012

Egypt
Three Myths About the Muslim Brotherhood

Since Egypt’s Supreme Presidential Election Commission declared Mohamed Morsi the winner of the presidential election, there has been a lot of commentary about the Muslim Brotherhood.  Morsi, an engi…

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

April 21, 2011

Defense and Security
Is NATO Escalating Its Commitment in Libya?

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy shakes hands with Mustafa Abdel Jalil, head of the main Libyan rebel council, as he leaves the Elysee Palace on April 20, 2011. (Philippe Wojazer/courtesy Reuters) …

France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy shakes hands with Mustafa Abdel Jalil, head of the main Libyan rebel council, as he leaves the Elysee Palace on April 20, 2011. (Philippe Wojazer/courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge