Egypt

Votes Versus Rights

The debate that's shaping the outcome of the Arab Spring.

BY CHARLES KURZMAN | FEBRUARY 10, 2012

The Cairo 19

A look at some of the NGO workers who now find themselves at the center of a diplomatic showdown between Egypt and the United States.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Call the Generals' Bluff

Egypt's military-run government says I'm a fugitive from the law. I say it's time American taxpayers stop funding repression.

BY SHERIF MANSOUR | FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Cairo's Undercover Strongman

Meet Murad Muwafi, the most important man in Egypt you’ve never heard of.

BY MAGDY SAMAAN | FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Ultra Violence

How Egypt’s soccer mobs are threatening the revolution.

BY JAMES M. DORSEY | FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Egypt’s Revolutionary Narrative Breaks Down

With Hosni Mubarak long gone, a heavily Islamist parliament in place, and the military in uneasy command of the country, who speaks for the revolution?

BY LAUREN E. BOHN | JANUARY 26, 2012

Back to Tahrir

Amazing photos of the massive crowds that rallied on the anniversary of the Egyptian revolution.

JANUARY 26, 2012

Supremely Irrelevant

Iran tried to take advantage of the Arab Spring. It failed, miserably.

BY COLIN H. KAHL | JANUARY 25, 2012

What Happened to My Revolution

Five influential Egyptian protesters look back on a tumultuous year.

BY SARAH A. TOPOL | JANUARY 24, 2012

Guns and Butter

Countries around the world are finding that military involvement in private business is a major barrier to reform. But pensioning off CEOs in uniform is easier said than done.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JANUARY 24, 2012

Soldiers of Conscience

The Egyptian military insists it supports the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak. So why are these men still in prison?

BY PATRICK GALEY | JANUARY 24, 2012

The Army and the People Were Never One Hand

Maikel Nabil, the atheist, pro-Israel Egyptian writer who was released from prison today, was right all along.

BY MAX STRASSER | JANUARY 24, 2012

A Forward Strategy of Freedom

It's neither perfect nor pretty, but the Arab Spring proves that neoconservatives were right all along.

BY ELLIOTT ABRAMS | JANUARY 23, 2012

A Year of Tahrir

Extraordinary pictures of Egypt’s revolutionary ground zero.

JANUARY 21, 2012

One Fine Day in Liberation Square

One year ago, Egyptians took to the streets in protests that shocked the world, and changed the course of the entire Middle East.

BY ASHRAF KHALIL | JANUARY 20, 2012

Threats and Promises

Do Obama’s red-lines with Iran and others really mean “or else”?

BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 13, 2012

The Beards of January

Even Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is nervous about the rise of the Salafis.

JANUARY 4, 2012

Occupy Everywhere

In this year of protests, is it really fair to compare the grievances of the Occupy movement to the courage of the Arab Spring?

BY JAMES TRAUB | DECEMBER 30, 2011

Crackdown in Cairo

Why is Egypt's military shutting down NGOs? I thought we had a revolution.

BY SARAH CARR | DECEMBER 29, 2011

The (B)end of History

Francis Fukuyama was wrong, and 2011 proves it.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | DECEMBER 27, 2011

Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!

What should America do about the Arab Spring? Not much.

BY F. GREGORY GAUSE III | DECEMBER 21, 2011

Egypt’s Rodney King Moment

Will the army’s use of excessive force against protesters in Tahrir be the straw that broke the generals’ backs? Or are they making clear they’re not about to relinquish power?

BY ASHRAF KHALIL | DECEMBER 20, 2011

The Frankenstein of Tahrir Square

Egypt is spinning out of control. But it's not only the fault of the ruling military junta -- the protesters in the street deserve plenty of blame, too.

BY STEVEN A. COOK | DECEMBER 19, 2011

The Real Mohamed Bouazizi

One year on, a team of researchers uncovers the man behind the martyr and the economic roots of the Arab Spring.

BY HERNANDO DE SOTO | DECEMBER 16, 2011

What Turkey Can Teach Egypt

Can Egypt’s powerful, secular military take a page from Ankara and learn to get along with the country’s new Islamic parties?

BY TOM HUNDLEY | DECEMBER 14, 2011

Looking Back at the Arab Spring

From Tunisia to Tahrir Square, the pictures that defined a movement.

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Next Year, in Review

From the fall of Ahmadinejad, Assad, Castro, and Chavez to the rise of cyberattacks -- the top 13 stories that could dominate the headlines in 2012.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | DECEMBER 12, 2011

What Egypt's Military Doesn't Want Its Citizens to Know

Political censorship is back in the new Egypt. But hiding the truth is a losing strategy.

BY ROBERT SPRINGBORG | DECEMBER 9, 2011

Revenge of the Sunnis

What the Arab Spring is really about.

BY EDWARD LUTTWAK | DECEMBER 7, 2011

America's Second Chance and the Arab Spring

The United States has been screwing up the Middle East for 60 years. Obama has a brief window to get it right.

BY KENNETH M. POLLACK | DECEMBER 5, 2011