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The Second Step in Egypt-Israel Peace Is a Tall One
Despite their treaty’s rock-solid record on preventing armed conflict, the two countries still hold fundamentally different views on further normalization.
Mar 26, 2019
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  • Haisam Hassanein
President Jimmy Carter, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin shake hands at the White House as the Camp David Accords are announced.
Articles & Testimony
40 Years of Peace Between Israel and Egypt
Sadat and Begin gambled everything, and the bet continues to pay off despite the dearth of normalization between the two societies.
Mar 25, 2019
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  • Dennis Ross
  • David Makovsky
Brief Analysis
Algeria on the Brink?
As Algiers braces for wider protests, Washington should coordinate with Arab and European allies to signal the government that it risks losing control unless it changes course.
Mar 8, 2019
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  • Sarah Feuer
Brief Analysis
Organizational Split and Radicalization Within Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood
Internal structural changes and ideological rifts have given rise to new strategies for legitimizing violence.
Mar 4, 2019
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  • Annette Ranko
  • Mohammad Yaghi
Articles & Testimony
Not Gonna Be Able To Do It: al-Qaeda in Tunisia’s Inability to Take Advantage of the Islamic State’s Setbacks
While the consensus might be that al-Qaeda is primed to benefit from Islamic State setbacks, unless conditions change locally, the so-called caliphate will likely remain a more attractive avenue for jihadi mobilization in Tunisia.
Mar 1, 2019
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  • Aaron Y. Zelin
Articles & Testimony
Russia’s Growing Influence in North Africa
Moscow casts itself as a reliable mediator and security partner, but in actuality it benefits from playing all sides of regional disputes and fostering perpetual low-level conflict.
Feb 26, 2019
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  • Anna Borshchevskaya
Satellite image of the Red Sea region and the Arabian Peninsula
Brief Analysis
Seeing Red: Trade and Threats Shaping Gulf-Horn Relations
The Red Sea is fast becoming a critical economic and security node between the Gulf states and the Horn of Africa, so Washington should work to ensure cooperation, not conflict.
Feb 15, 2019
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  • Elana DeLozier
Brief Analysis
Exploiting East Mediterranean Gas: New Milestones, New Obstacles
Even as exploration companies make crucial advances on specific projects, broader development of the area’s resources will require the players to overcome political tensions and market hurdles.
Feb 8, 2019
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  • Simon Henderson
Articles & Testimony
Pompeo’s Cairo Speech More ‘Back to the Future’ Than Break With Past
The administration should focus more on amplifying the voices of regional citizens while convincingly standing against collective threats.
Jan 16, 2019
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  • Ben Fishman
  • Dana Stroul
Brief Analysis
Sending the Right Message in Cairo: Advice for Secretary Pompeo
All eyes will be on the secretary’s speech this week, so striking the right balance between President Trump’s domestic imperatives and the realities of regional policy is crucial.
Jan 7, 2019
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  • Anna Borshchevskaya
  • Soner Cagaptay
  • Simon Henderson
  • Martin Kramer
  • Matthew Levitt
  • David Pollock
  • Dennis Ross
  • Dana Stroul
  • Bilal Wahab
Egyptian and Israeli flags along the Sinai border
Brief Analysis
Egyptian-Israeli Citizenship Issues Are Impeding Normalization
Egyptian authorities are still using travel restrictions, intimidation, and loss of citizenship to discourage their compatriots from living in or even visiting Israel.
Jan 3, 2019
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  • Haisam Hassanein
A Tunisian woman holds a photo of a relative who joined a jihadist movement
Video
Brief Analysis
Tunisia's Foreign Fighters
Two leading experts discuss why thousands of young Tunisians mobilized for jihad in Iraq and Syria, and what governments are doing now that they are taking their cause back home—or to the West.
Dec 17, 2018
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  • Aaron Y. Zelin
  • Jacob Walles
◆ Counterterrorism Lecture Series
Brief Analysis
After Palermo: Achievements and Future Challenges for Libya
The Italian-sponsored stabilization conference produced some positive outcomes, but a genuine breakthrough requires U.S. involvement.
Dec 17, 2018
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  • Anna Borshchevskaya
  • Ben Fishman
  • Barbara A. Leaf
Brief Analysis
Sisi Restores Jewish Heritage in Egypt
His recent outreach to Jews is welcome, though it should not be mistaken for a total shift in his repressive tendencies or a sea change in the Egyptian public’s rejection of Israel.
Dec 14, 2018
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  • Haisam Hassanein
Brief Analysis
Hints of Crisis as Algeria Enters Election Mode
The country avoided the tumult of the Arab Spring, but its next election cycle will bring political, economic, and social challenges back to the fore.
Dec 12, 2018
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  • Abdelillah Bendaoudi
Maps & Graphics
In-Depth Reports
Tunisian Foreign Fighters in Iraq and Syria
Over the past few years, the influx of Tunisian fighters to Iraq and Syria has rendered Tunisia practically synonymous with a phenomenon that is still not well understood. This new Policy Note by jihadism expert Aaron Y. Zelin seeks to remedy this gap by quantifying the flow of Tunisian fighters
Nov 28, 2018
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  • Aaron Y. Zelin
Brief Analysis
Flare-Up in Gaza (Part 2): Gently Undoing a Gordian Knot
Israel and Hamas cannot advance their current strategic goals through intensified fighting, but the Cairo dialogue could enable important short-term gains in Gaza.
Nov 20, 2018
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  • Ghaith al-Omari
  • Assaf Orion
Brief Analysis
Egypt’s Economy Rising, Rights Declining
Cairo has made progress on returning to its pre-revolution economic levels, but censorship, surveillance, and other humanitarian abuses continue to accelerate.
Nov 19, 2018
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  • Barak Barfi
Video
Brief Analysis
Egypt and Washington: Challenges in the Sisi Era
Two experts discuss how Washington can balance its sometimes conflicting interests in Egyptian security and human rights.
Nov 7, 2018
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  • Barak Barfi
  • Michele Dunne
Articles & Testimony
How France and Italy’s Rivalry Is Hurting Libya
The upcoming Palermo conference should be used to facilitate UN-led dialogue between Libyan groups, not to score points in a European diplomatic spat.
Oct 31, 2018
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  • Federica Saini Fasanotti
  • Ben Fishman

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Robert Satloff is Segal Executive Director of The Washington Institute, a post he assumed in January 1993.
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Ben Fishman is a Senior Fellow in The Washington Institute's Program on Arab Politics.
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