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Top News: Mubarak VP to Run for Presidency

By Mara Revkin

Omar Suleiman, Egypt’s former intelligence chief who briefly served as Mubarak’s vice president in the early days of the uprising, has reportedly decided to run for the presidency. Supporters of former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq are defecting from his campaign to back Suleiman.

U.S. Resumes Military Aid Despite Rights Concerns

By Mara Revkin

The State Department has formally released $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt despite the SCAF’s failure to meet pro-democracy goals, using a national security waver to sidestep congressional conditions requiring respect for human rights and support for a transfer of power to an elected civilian government. In a statement ironically entitled, "U.S. Support for […]

Making a Mistake with Egypt

By Michele Dunne

As expected, Secretary Clinton used a national security waiver to override congressional conditions on military aid to Egypt on March 23, repeating a foreign policy mistake the Obama administration has made before: staking out a principled position in rhetoric and then backing down from it the moment the going gets tough.

Rethinking US Relations with a Changing Egypt

By Michele Dunne

With Egypt in the midst of a political transition, this is a crucial time to rethink the relationship between the United States and Egypt, as I argue in my latest policy brief for the Project on Middle East Democracy. Although the events of the January 2011 revolution and the ensuing months of political transition have shown […]

Top News: Brotherhood Reconsidering Presidential Run

By Mara Revkin

The Muslim Brotherhood announced that it is considering running its own candidate in upcoming presidential elections, dropping its previous decision to refrain from direct participation in the race.

Top News: Islamists Poised to Dominate Constituent Assembly

By Mara Revkin

Top News: Brotherhood and Salafis Split Over Cabinet Vote

By Mara Revkin

Egypt’s Journalists Under Attack

By Kwame Lawson

In mid-July of last year, in the affluent district of Heliopolis, a small group of citizens calling itself ‘The Silent Majority’ gathered to protest the protestors: “Tahrir doesn’t represent the Egyptian people – we have a range of opinions, and a host of demands far more significant than those belonging to the narrow interests of […]

Top News: Egyptians Mourn Coptic Pope Shenouda III

By Mara Revkin

Tens of thousands of Coptic Christians gathered outside of the main cathedral in Cairo to begin a three-day mourning period for 89-year-old Pope Shenouda III, who died of natural causes on March 17.

Egypt’s Trials: Accountability Remains Elusive

By N. M.

For the first time, Samira Ibrahim’s positive demeanor cracked in public. It was Sunday, March 11, 2012 – just over one year to the date since her arrest. The 25-year-old activist has become a symbol for the struggle that Egyptian women have endured, in the face of continuing hardships and human rights abuses. On March […]