North Africa

Egypt’s Options in Dealing with the Libyan Crisis (Part I)

By Nader Bakkar

Relations between Cairo and Tripoli went through bouts of political volatility at the beginning of ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s rule before improving and taking on a more conciliatory nature during the last two decades under Mubarak and Muammar Qaddafi. With the exception of Qaddafi’s 1977 attempted incursion on the border between the two countries, the […]

Special Summit Series: Italy and NATO

By Stefano Stefanini

Italy feels the heat from the Mediterranean, a conveyor belt for the growing insecurity in North Africa and the Middle East.

The Week in Egypt [August 25, 2014]

By Elissa Miller

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos, and more.

Shut Up ISIS

By Nancy Messieh

Hashtag activism rarely serves a purpose. It is easy to sit in the comfort of a quiet home, thousands of miles away from any real conflict, and click a link, or share a thought, and be left with the sensation that something has been accomplished.

Sisi’s Security Dilemma

By Tarek Radwan

Since the ouster of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi from office in July 2013 by now-President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, extremist attacks on civilians, state institutions, and security personnel have increased within Egypt’s borders. While more than half of the attacks occurred in the Sinai Peninsula (56 percent of the total 599 reported in the press […]

Has ISIS Reached Egypt?

The Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has demonstrated its intolerance of a pluralistic society and barbarity towards those countless it perceives as an enemy long before the beheading of journalist James Foley.