السياسة العربية والإسلامية

The currently cordial relationship between Egypt's Salafists and the Muslim Brotherhood isn’t likely to last: their mutual pursuit of an Islamic state belies their deep ideological and behavioral differences.

Despite ideological affinities between the Muslim Brotherhood and Tehran, political disagreements make a rapprochement unlikely.

On December 20, 2012, Jeffrey White and Andrew J. Tabler addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Mr. White is a defense fellow at the Institute and a former senior defense intelligence officer. Mr. Tabler is a senior fellow in the Institute's Program on Arab Politics. The following is

The war in Syria is raising the risk of all-out confrontation between Sunni and Shiite extremists in Lebanon, though the violence might be worse if not for the U.S.-supported Lebanese Armed Forces.

On December 14, 2012, Steven Cook, Eric Trager, and Shalom Cohen addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute . Dr. Cook is the Hasib J. Sabbagh senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of The Struggle for Egypt (2011). Mr. Trager, the

After weeks of political intrigue and street violence, Egyptians voted this weekend on a controversial new constitution. Prior to the referendum, TNR asked two analysts with differing perspectives on events in the region -- Washington Institute fellow Eric Trager and Carnegie Endowment associate Nathan Brown -- to weigh in on

The Washington Institute presented its 2021 Scholar-Statesman Award to Dennis Ross and Elliott Abrams.

Don't look to Ankara to be a model for the new Islamist governments of the Arab Spring.

The Obama administration slapped a terrorist designation on a jihadist rebel faction in Syria, but only managed to spark an anti-American backlash among the opposition.