Category: Blogs

Shocking and Awing

By Harlan Ullman

Ten years ago this month, the United States launched Operation Iraqi Freedom against Saddam Hussein.

French defense cuts ‘could harm British military partnership’

By Henry Samuel and Damien McElroy, Telegraph

From Henry Samuel and Damien McElroy, Telegraph:  French government plans for severe defence cuts could jeopardise its military entente cordiale with Britain, “kill” its conventional army and render interventions such as that in Mali impossible, Gallic defence officials have warned.

Washington’s Undemocratic Bet on the Brotherhood

By Amr Hamzawy

After a visit to Washington in the spring of 2012 and multiple meetings with American politicians and researchers, it has become clear to me that the American administration built its policy towards Egypt after the revolution on a strategic bet on the Muslim Brotherhood and its Freedom and Justice Party (FJP). In the American view, […]

A New Syria Must Have US Support

By Frederic C. Hof

To most Americans, Syria looks like a mess best left to Syrians and their neighbors to sort out. Yet the conflict that President Bashar al-Assad unleashed against his people threatens to produce a large, ungovernable space, with refugees racing for the borders; terrorists setting up shop; chemical and biological weapons unguarded and available for seizure; […]

Top News: Court Orders Former Prosecutor General Reinstated, Sparks Debate

By Egypt Source

Obama Visit to Israel Key Link in Redesign of US Foreign Policy

By Sarwar Kashmeri

It would be a mistake to view President Obama’s visit to Israel as just a fence-mending exercise. It is in fact part of a planned redesign of U.S. foreign policy that will change the face of American leadership around the world.

Egypt’s Army: On the Outskirts of Politics

By Fady Salah

It is to be expected that people differ in their analysis of the reasons for the current state of affairs in Egypt. Some hold the former regime responsible for the situation and perceive it as their heritage, while others see it as a normal consequence of the so-called democratic transition. Additionally, an increasing number of […]

Top News: Top Prosecutor Summons Activists Over Clashes

By Egypt Source

Egypt’s prosecutor general on Monday ordered the arrest of five prominent political activists accused of inciting violence against President Mohamed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood, a step the opposition decried as a reversal for democracy.  GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION Egypt’s Morsi should head up new govt: Presidential advisor A new government headed by President Mohamed Morsi is the […]