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Egypt's Theocratic Future: The Constitutional Crisis and U.S. Policy
Egypt's hastily drafted constitution, which will likely pass an upcoming referendum, facilitates Islamist domination by co-opting the military.
Dec 3, 2012
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  • Robert Satloff
  • Eric Trager
Articles & Testimony
Why Won't Morsi Back Down? Read His Resume
Morsi's political biography suggests that he is a hardline enforcer, not a compromiser, and his latest actions confirm it.
Nov 30, 2012
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  • Eric Trager
In-Depth Reports
Engagement without Illusions
Building an Interest-Based Relationship with the New Egypt
Today's Egypt -- with its first-ever civilian president, Islamist leader Muhammad Morsi -- is a very different country from the one with which successive U.S. administrations built a strategic partnership for more than thirty years. The fundamental changes seen there since 2011 mandate an equally fundamental reassessment of the bilateral
Nov 28, 2012
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  • Vin Weber
  • Gregory Craig
Articles & Testimony
Beyond Gaza: The Foreign-Policy Implications of Morsi's Power Grab
It's only a matter of time before the Egyptian president's domestic extremism extends to international relations.
Nov 27, 2012
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  • Eric Trager
Articles & Testimony
Spoiling the Gaza Ceasefire
Outside Hamas's control, jihadi groups in Gaza and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula may cause the greatest threat to stability in the region.
Nov 26, 2012
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  • Aaron Y. Zelin
Articles & Testimony
Shame on Anyone Who Ever Thought Mohammad Morsi Was a Moderate
Given the Brotherhood's belief that it can mobilize legions of foot soldiers to win any street battle domestically, only international pressure might force it to think twice about its undemocratic approach.
Nov 26, 2012
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  • Eric Trager
Articles & Testimony
How To Defuse the Israel-Gaza Conflict: Cairo's Crucial Role
The New York Times convened an online panel of five Middle East experts to discuss diplomatic efforts to end the deadly confrontation between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza. The following contribution was made by Washington Institute Ziegler distinguished fellow David Makovsky, director of the Institute's Project on the Middle East Peace Process.
Nov 20, 2012
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  • David Makovsky
Articles & Testimony
Gaza Violence: Hamas's Tragic Mistake
Hamas and its new Egyptian supporters have to learn once and for all that firing rockets on Israel's civilian population is unacceptable.
Nov 20, 2012
Articles & Testimony
Conflict in Gaza: The Egyptian President Plots a Dangerous Course
Morsi is dispatching some of his country's top leaders to a war zone -- and risking, or maybe courting, a regional crisis.
Nov 19, 2012
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  • Eric Trager
Articles & Testimony
The Fuel for the Flames
How forces inside Israel, Gaza, and Egypt are feeding the latest deadly conflagration, and what Washington can do about it.
Nov 18, 2012
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  • Dennis Ross
Articles & Testimony
How to End the War in Gaza
Reaching a viable Egyptian-brokered ceasefire will not be easy, but if the aim is anything more than a temporary break from fighting, it's a deal worth striving for.
Nov 17, 2012
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  • Ehud Yaari
Brief Analysis
Preventing Further Escalation in Gaza
Washington's objective should be to persuade all parties that returning to the de facto ceasefire serves everyone's best interests, though even that outcome promises instability if Hamas does not crack down on jihadist groups in Gaza.
Nov 15, 2012
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  • David Makovsky
Articles & Testimony
Egyptian Human Rights Experts Analyze the Draft Constitution
Amid fierce debate over Egypt's draft constitution, Fikra Forum editors asked Egyptian human rights experts Hafez Abu Saeda and Magdi Khalil to analyze the draft with respect to human rights, religious freedom, and democratic values. Hafez Abu Saeda is the head of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights and Magdi Khalil is the executive director of the Middle East Freedom Forum.
Nov 15, 2012
Articles & Testimony
The Gaza Invasion: Will It Destroy Israel's Relationship with Egypt?
In deciding what to do about Israel, the new Egyptian president is torn between the security establishment and the Muslim Brotherhood.
Nov 15, 2012
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  • Eric Trager
Articles & Testimony
The Changing Terrain: An Interim Assessment of the Arab Spring and Its Policy Implications
Nearly two years after the onset of the Arab Spring, four leaders have been toppled, a bloody civil war is raging in Syria with no end in sight, and the status quo in other Arab states is fragile. Where does all of this lead? In this paper, Michael Herzog assesses
Nov 13, 2012
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  • Michael Herzog
Video
Brief Analysis
Middle East Policy Planning for a Second Obama Administration
Memo from a Fictional NSC Staffer
On November 8, 2012, Washington Institute executive director Robert Satloff addressed a Policy Forum along with Dennis Ross and Jim Jeffrey. The following is an edited version of Dr. Satloff's comments; the full event can be viewed in the above video. If President Obama tasked a courageous National Security Council
Nov 9, 2012
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  • Robert Satloff
Video
Brief Analysis
After the Election: Implications for U.S. Middle East Policy
How will those in the region -- allies, adversaries, and everyone in between -- react to the election results? Watch online as veteran policy practitioners and scholars explore the priorities and challenges of the second Obama administration.
Nov 8, 2012
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  • Dennis Ross
  • James Jeffrey
  • Robert Satloff
Articles & Testimony
Brotherly Love
So far, the Obama administration has chosen the wrong way to influence Egypt's new Islamist leaders.
Nov 5, 2012
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  • Eric Trager
Articles & Testimony
Lessons from a Forgotten War
How America's first foray into the modern Arab world can help solve its current entanglements.
Nov 2, 2012
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  • Robert Satloff
Articles & Testimony
The Missing Obama-Romney Debate on Egypt
Neither candidate recommended a way to address the country's increasing radicalism and instability. How well do they really understand the problem?
Oct 23, 2012
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  • Eric Trager

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