Egypt
First Things First
Hosni Mubarak deserves to be on trial, but the Egyptian people can't eat transitional justice.
BY DAVID RIEFF | APRIL 18, 2011
What Mongolia Can Teach the Middle East
The popular upheavals in Tunis, Cairo, and Tripoli gripped Ulaan Bator only a generation ago. Now it's our turn to help the Arab revolutions fulfill their potential.
BY ELBEGDORJ TSAKHIA | APRIL 6, 2011
Feuding Brothers
In the battle over the Muslim Brotherhood's future, the United States should engage with the good guys.
BY ED HUSAIN | APRIL 5, 2011
Children of the Revolution
In the uprisings across the Arab world, protesters are finding that revolution is sometimes child's play.
BY SUZANNE MERKELSON, AYLIN ZAFAR | MARCH 31, 2011
The LWOT: Awlaki-linked terror plotter sentenced to 30 years in prison; Brennan hits out at administration critics
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 22, 2011
The Myth of the Useful Dictator
In propping up autocrats in countries like Yemen and Bahrain, the United States has long weighed its interests against its principles. Is it a false choice?
BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 18, 2011
The LWOT: DOJ indicts Canadian in NY Subway plot; Lawmakers and lawyers spar over Gitmo
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 18, 2011
Revolution's End
On the eve of a pivotal constitutional referendum, Egypt's young activists are struggling for direction.
BY ELLEN KNICKMEYER | MARCH 18, 2011
Making a Democracy
As they work to create a democratic constitution, Egypt's new leaders could learn from post-apartheid South Africa.
BY F.W. DE KLERK | MARCH 17, 2011
Don't Blame the Spies
The U.S. government needs to start getting comfortable hearing uncomfortable intelligence analysis. And the public needs to realize that the CIA is not the Department of Avoiding Surprises.
BY PAUL R. PILLAR | MARCH 16, 2011
The LWOT: Musharraf says Britain was complicit in torture; Domestic terrorism arrest made in Alaska
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 15, 2011
Think Again: Arab Democracy
One of the world's foremost experts on democracy building debunks the myths surrounding the Arab world's new governments -- and wonders what sort of role the West should play.
BY THOMAS CAROTHERS | MARCH 10, 2011
What Egyptian Women (and Men) Want
Survey data reveals what Egyptians expect from their new country, on everything from legal rights and education to the role of Islamic law.
BY DALIA MOGAHED | MARCH 10, 2011
America Shouldn't Hijack Egypt's Revolution
Obama must resist the urge to help Egyptian democrats -- unless they demand it.
BY STEVEN A. COOK | MARCH 9, 2011
Arab Revolutions Through the WikiLeaks Lens
Looking back, what did we really know -- and what did we just think we knew?
BY GRAEME WOOD | MARCH 9, 2011
Still Fighting in Cairo
Egypt's revolution continues into another day.
BY MOHAMED EL DAHSHAN | MARCH 7, 2011
Cairo 1.5
The Arab world that Barack Obama addressed in his famous speech two years ago is history. It's time for him to speak to the new one.
BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 4, 2011
Women and the Revolution
What does the new democratic future hold for Egyptian women?
BY LAUREN E. BOHN, SARAH LYNCH | MARCH 2, 2011
FP Favorites: The Stories That Mattered in February 2011
In this month's installment of FP's most popular stories of the month, the events unfolding in Egypt and the rest of the Arab world were king.
MARCH 1, 2011
Parliament to the Rescue
Egypt's constitutional reforms don't do enough to break from the presidential system that has enabled the country's authoritarian past.
BY BRUCE ACKERMAN | MARCH 1, 2011
Valley of the Lone Tourist
In ancient Upper Egypt, there are no gawking travelers to be found. But Egyptians are thrilled with their newfound freedom.
BY CARL HOFFMAN | FEBRUARY 28, 2011
Cairo It Ain't
Pro-democracy protesters have started something big in Yemen. But are they going to like how it ends?
BY HALEY SWEETLAND EDWARDS | FEBRUARY 24, 2011
Neocons and the Revolution
How the Arab revolt is rocking the neoconservative world.
BY JACOB HEILBRUNN | FEBRUARY 23, 2011
Let Mubarak Go
Sometimes trying dictators for their crimes can do more damage than good.
BY DAVID RIEFF | FEBRUARY 18, 2011
Revolution in the Arab World
What to look for in FP's new exclusive ebook on the uprisings sweeping the Middle East.
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
Echoes of Belgrade
From Minsk to Cairo, the nonviolent democratic uprisings of the past decade have been influenced by the tactics and imagery of Serbia's 2000 Bulldozer Revolution.
FEBRUARY 16, 2011
Can Egypt's Islamist finance minister cut a deal with the IMF?
BY DAVID KENNER
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Odierno: Syrian rebels will prevail, but sequester makes U.S. intervention risky
BY KEVIN BARON
Time to bring the nukes back to South Korea
BY BENNETT RAMBERG
Meet Cody Wilson, the anarchist behind the world's first 3-D printed gun
BY ELIAS GROLL
Does this woman look like she'd be a good president of Bulgaria?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
U.N. investigator on Syria: Out over her skis yet again?
BY JOHN HUDSON
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