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Brief Analysis
Sinai: The New Frontier of Conflict?
On November 16, 2011, Ehud Yaari and Normand St. Pierre addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Mr. Yaari is a Lafer international fellow with the Institute and a Middle East commentator for Israel's Channel Two television. Col. St. Pierre, a thirty-one-year veteran of the U.S. Army, retired recently
Nov 20, 2011
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  • Ehud Yaari
Brief Analysis
Tensions Grow between Egypt's Military Leaders and the Muslim Brotherhood
Although Washington has no interest in an Islamist-dominated Egyptian parliament, a brittle and indefinite military regime that lacks legitimacy is not a formula for stability either.
Nov 8, 2011
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  • Eric Trager
Articles & Testimony
Frosty, Not Frozen
Public frostiness aside, expanding QIZs and other economic initiatives could help ensure that the Egyptian-Israeli cold peace does not devolve into war.
Oct 28, 2011
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  • David Makovsky
Articles & Testimony
Crossed
The Egyptian military's deadly crackdown on Copt protestors marks a turning point in its post-Mubarak rule. Is this what democracy looks like?
Oct 12, 2011
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  • Eric Trager
Brief Analysis
Action by Egypt's Military Rulers against Copts Endangers Transition
The use of violence by Egypt's military rulers against Coptic protestors undermines the rulers' international legitimacy and damages their domestic viability.
Oct 11, 2011
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  • Eric Trager
Brief Analysis
Egypt after Mubarak: Whither the Revolution?
On October 3, 2011, Abdel Monem Said Aly, David Schenker, and Nabeel Khoury addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Dr. Aly is president of the al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies in Cairo and a Senior Fellow at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis
Oct 6, 2011
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  • David Schenker
Articles & Testimony
Mubarak's Flawed Trial
It is important -- for both the future of the bilateral relationship and the economic and political success of Egypt -- that the legal process surrounding Mubarak's trial is transparent, credible, and not driven by mob justice.
Sep 28, 2011
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  • David Schenker
Brief Analysis
Egypt: Political Transition and U.S. Policy
Given Egypt's fluid post-revolutionary environment, Washington must be judicious as to when and how it attempts to exert influence on the domestic political scene.
Sep 27, 2011
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  • David Schenker
Brief Analysis
Egypt's New Elections Laws: Another Democratic Setback
Election laws that ensure a broadly representative parliament are vital to the legitimacy of Egypt's transition, but the newly announced system falls far short of this goal.
Sep 27, 2011
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  • Eric Trager
Articles & Testimony
Washington's Limited Influence in Egypt
Despite devoting more than thirty years and $50 billion to secure the peace, Washington now finds itself with precious little influence in Egypt.
Sep 15, 2011
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  • David Schenker
Articles & Testimony
Cairo’s Embassy Riots: Anti-Israeli Sentiment in Egypt Has Nothing to Do with Palestine
The anti-Israel hatred ingrained in Egypt's nationalist ideology may well be the downfall of Egypt's revolt.
Sep 13, 2011
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  • Eric Trager
Brief Analysis
Needed: High-Level U.S. Attention to the Dire Situation in Egypt
Ambassador William B. Taylor, recently named as the State Department's special coordinator for Middle East transitions, has his work cut out for him.
Sep 13, 2011
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  • Robert Satloff
Articles & Testimony
Hanging by a Thread
Two decades of disuse and neglect may have made salvaging Egypt-Israel peace in the post-Mubarak era an impossible task. But the stakes are too high not to try.
Sep 8, 2011
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  • Robert Satloff
Articles & Testimony
Why Is the Middle East Still in Thrall to 9/11 Conspiracy Theories?
The more deeply that 9/11 revisionism becomes ingrained in Arabs' views of history, the harder it will be to advance policies for preventing another attack.
Sep 3, 2011
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  • Eric Trager
Brief Analysis
Egypt's Military Tribunals: Illiberal and Destabilizing
By subjecting civilians to military tribunals, Egypt's military rulers risk confrontation with the public.
Aug 30, 2011
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  • Eric Trager
Articles & Testimony
The Unbreakable Muslim Brotherhood: Grim Prospects for a Liberal Egypt
The iconic youths of Egypt's Tahrir Square revolution are now deeply divided among nearly a dozen, often indistinguishable political parties, while the Muslim Brotherhood is seizing the momentum.
Aug 23, 2011
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  • Eric Trager
New Tremors in Egypt-Israel Relations
An Interview by Bernard Gwertzman, CFR.org Renewed hostilities along Israel's border with Egypt's Sinai are leading to questions about the future of the flailing Middle East peace process, says expert David Makovsky. The political climate in Egypt has shifted in favor of the country's various Islamist groups, Makovsky says, and
Aug 23, 2011
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  • David Makovsky
Brief Analysis
Implications of the Negev Terrorist Incident
The terrorist attack in the Negev threatens to escalate into both a wider Israel-Gaza conflict and an Egyptian-Israeli diplomatic crisis.
Aug 19, 2011
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  • Jeffrey White
  • Ehud Yaari
In-Depth Reports
Between Protests and Power: Middle East Change and U.S. Interests
FEATURING Amr al-Azm, Thomas E. Donilon, Robert Kagan, Hisham Kassem, Martin Kramer, James LaRocco, Robin Wright, Amos Yadlin, Dalia Ziada THE PROCEEDINGS In early 2011, the Middle East began a process of convulsive political change unlike any the region had witnessed in memory. Fueled by a heady mix of rage
Aug 16, 2011
Articles & Testimony
Why Mubarak's Trial Could Mean the End of Egypt's Youth Revolution
Now that one of the revolution's central goals has been accomplished, most Egyptians appear willing to move on, even though the military regime that Hosni Mubarak fronted is still very much intact.
Aug 5, 2011
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  • Eric Trager

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