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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Recent Arab Moves Deserve Bold Follow-Up
Feb 21, 2025Rami G. Khouri
Four key political actors in the Middle East have recently made surprising moves that offered hints of how Arab states and non-state actors can collectively en…
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EgyptUS Foreign Policy
The Menendez Fiasco: Implications for US-Egyptian Relations
Oct 4, 2023Khalil E. Jahshan
Washington has been abuzz lately over the shocking political intrigue involving the Egyptian government of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and the powerful former chairma…
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EgyptThe War in Ukraine
The Fallout of Sisi’s Gambit with Russia
Apr 14, 2023Khalil Al-Anani
A leaked US intelligence document has revealed that Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi allegedly instructed officials to secretly produce and ship rockets,…
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EgyptDemocracy and Governance
A Pharaoh in the Making: Sisi Seeks Long-term Job Security
Feb 5, 2019Imad K. Harb
Many Arab presidents have loved the chair and have worked hard to make it more like a throne. One wonders if Sisi would be audacious enough to just declare him…
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EgyptUS Foreign Policy
Pompeo in Cairo: Not a Force for Good
Jan 10, 2019Imad K. Harb
With Trump as president and Pompeo as secretary of state, the United States has a very long way to become “a force for good” in the Middle East.
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EgyptDemocracy and Governance
Five Years after Sisi’s Coup: More Repression and a President for Life
Jul 20, 2018Imad K. Harb
Five years after the military coup of July 2013, Egypt’s domestic conditions appear to be heading toward increased authoritarianism, state repression, and regi…
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EgyptConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Deploying Arab Forces in Syria is not Advisable, nor Possible
May 10, 2018Radwan Ziadeh
Over the last few months, President Donald Trump has made announcements that regional states should bear more of the burden of ridding Syria of the so-called I…