Egypt

Pictures at a Revolution

Data visualization can offer some unique insights into social upheaval. But the data artists are just getting started.

BY LUKE ALLNUTT | APRIL 11, 2012

Mubarak's Enforcer

Omar Suleiman is running for president of Egypt -- but are voters really looking to elect a member of the former regime's inner circle?

BY DAVID KENNER | APRIL 9, 2012

Finish What You Start

Getting rid of a dictator is a great achievement. But it's only the beginning of a successful transition to democracy.

BY SRDJA POPOVIC, ROBERT HELVEY | APRIL 6, 2012

The Personality Problem

In an age of globalization and revolutionary upheaval, grand impersonal forces might appear to be winning out. But don't discount the human factor.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MARCH 7, 2012

The Egypt Backlash

Is it a fantasy to believe that the United States can still promote democracy in non-democratic states?

BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 2, 2012

The LWOT: Obama sidesteps NDAA detainee provisions

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | MARCH 2, 2012

Mind the Gap

Inequality is an increasing problem around the world. But there are cures.

BY PETER PASSELL | MARCH 1, 2012

We Lost a Great One

Remembering Marie Colvin.

BY SARAH A. TOPOL | FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Rude Awakening

Promoting democracy in places like Egypt or Iraq is about changing the status quo. So why are we so surprised when it turns out that not everyone is in favor?

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Why the Egyptian Military Fears a Captains' Revolt

The generals ruling in Cairo face a new challenge to their authority -- rising discontent within the army's middle ranks.

BY PATRICK GALEY | FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Separated at Birth

Indonesia's transition to democracy can tell us a lot about the likely course of Egypt's revolution. There's good news and there's bad news.

BY JOHN T. SIDEL | FEBRUARY 15, 2012

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