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If the newly banned Brotherhood turns to violence, it will only validate a more thorough and perhaps permanent crackdown.

Islamist violence has chased off tourists, and now it threatens a key waterway -- and Egypt's entire economy.

The AKP sees a bit of its past in the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's military ouster, and also a bit of its imagined future.

This two-part PolicyWatch discusses how the jihadist group ISIS has gained a foothold in Syria. Part I outlined the group's recent successes; this installment describes how it could face popular discontent if it attempts to enforce its socially conservative agenda or commit high-profile abuses. Despite its successes in Syria so

The governing Islamist party will emerge from recent setbacks as a much weaker player, and more obstacles are likely to come.

Under current conditions, suspending military assistance to Cairo would be counterproductive for U.S. interests and contractors alike.

Despite its longstanding reputation as a pro-extremist faction, Tunisia's governing an-Nahda party may finally be breaking with the radical fringe.

Saudi Arabia has been one of the most important allies of the United States. But it has also staunchly supported opposition to reform and democracy in the Gulf, and now may offer aid to the Egyptian military that could dwarf what America provides. Should the United States continue to view

Despite the vice president's resignation, the dispersal of pro-Morsi protests has received strong support among the security forces and political elite, signaling the potential for more violence in the coming days.