Egypt

Policy Analysis on Egypt

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Uncharitable Organizations

Islamists are bankrolling terrorist groups across the Middle East and calling it aid work.

Feb 26, 2013

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Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
Aaron Y. Zelin

Articles & Testimony

The Muslim Brotherhood's 213-Year Revolution

Some believe Egypt's uprising began on January 25, 2011, but the Brotherhood begs to differ.

Feb 15, 2013

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Eric Trager

Articles & Testimony

The Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation: Threatening Peace Prospects (Part 2)

On February 5, David Makovsky, director of the Project on the Middle East Peace Process at The Washington Institute, testified before the House regarding the implications of the Fatah-Hamas reconciliation and its effects on the prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace. The following is an excerpt from his testimony.

Feb 4, 2013

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David Makovsky

Articles & Testimony

The Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation: Threatening Peace Prospects (Part 1)

On February 5, Matthew Levitt, director of the Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at the Washington Institute, testified before the House regarding the implications of the Fatah-Hamas reconciliation and its effects on the propects for Middle East peace. The following is an excerpt from his testimony.

Feb 4, 2013

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Matthew Levitt

Articles & Testimony

Will Germany Confront Morsi's Holocaust Denial?

The Egyptian president's trip to Berlin is an opportunity for the West to call him out on worrisome trends.

Jan 29, 2013

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Eric Trager

Brief Analysis

Egypt Will Be Unstable until Morsi Delivers on Domestic Promises

Washington should remind Morsi that his current mode of governance is stoking perpetual unrest and impeding financial assistance.

Jan 29, 2013

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Eric Trager

Articles & Testimony

Think Again: The Muslim Brotherhood

How did so many Western analysts get Egypt's Islamist movement so wrong?

Jan 28, 2013

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Eric Trager

Articles & Testimony

Back to Mubarak

Two years after Egypt's revolution, U.S. diplomacy comes full circle.

Jan 25, 2013

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Eric Trager

Brief Analysis

Jihadists on the Nile: The Return of Old Players

Washington should work with -- and pressure -- Cairo to counter the country's growing jihadist threat.

Jan 17, 2013

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Aaron Y. Zelin

Articles & Testimony

Obama's Big Egypt Test: Sinai

The lawless desert on Israel's border presents immediate risks -- and possible opportunities -- for American interests in the region.

Jan 7, 2013

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Eric Trager

Articles & Testimony

Whatever Happened to “The Turkish Model”?

Can Turkey’s experience in the past decade under the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government -- more or less successfully blending democracy, close ties with the U.S., “Muslim” foreign policy, capitalism, and Islamism -- be replicated by the “Arab Spring”? In other words, are Arab AKPs in the making in

Jan 7, 2013

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Soner Cagaptay
David Pollock

Articles & Testimony

Obama and the Middle East: Act Two

In January, the Atlantic published a series of policy proposals for the Obama administration's second term by Washington Institute scholars. The full series is collected here.

Jan 7, 2013

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Andrew J. Tabler
Patrick Clawson
David Makovsky
David Pollock
Simon Henderson
Soner Cagaptay
David Schenker
Eric Trager

Articles & Testimony

Egypt's Looming Competitive Theocracy

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.

Jan 3, 2013

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Eric Trager

Articles & Testimony

The Enduring Egypt-Iran Divide

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

Dec 31, 2012

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Mehdi Khalaji

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Brief Analysis

Egypt on the Brink (Again)

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

Dec 19, 2012

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Steven Cook
Eric Trager

Have We Lost Egypt?

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

Dec 14, 2012

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Eric Trager

Brief Analysis

2012 Scholar-Statesman Award Dinner

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

Dec 13, 2012

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Dennis Ross
Elliott Abrams

Brief Analysis

Announcing the 2012 Washington Institute Book Prize Winners

Steven A. Cook’s The Struggle for Egypt, a chronicle of modern Egypt that culminates in the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak, has been awarded the gold medal in The Washington Institute’s 2012 Book Prize competition. Cook, the Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on

Dec 10, 2012

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Brief Analysis

The Future of U.S.-Egypt Relations: Engagement without Illusions

On November 28, 2012, Vin Weber and Gregory B. Craig addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Mr. Weber is a former Republican congressman from Minnesota and former chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy. Mr. Craig served as White House counsel in the Obama administration and director of

Dec 6, 2012

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Vin Weber
Gregory Craig

Articles & Testimony

The First Flower of the Arab Spring

Now more than ever, the forces of Western liberal democracy and Islamism are arrayed against one another over Egypt's future.

Dec 5, 2012

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