Many Egyptians view Sisi’s government as oppressive, though they often forget the instability that characterized the short-lived rule of Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood. Under Morsi ...

A common suggestion among Israeli hawks is to retaliate against Turkey by supporting the PKK or YPG—just as Turkey supports ...

Testimony by CFR fellows and experts before Congress. Steven A. Cook testified before the House Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa and argued that although the coup d’état that ...

This mirrors the political theatre in developing nations. Leaders proclaim unprecedented change, supporters applaud, and ...

Every Egyptian president was bullied and bribed to give in: Hosni Mubarak, Mohamed Morsi, and General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. They all refused. Egypt was under no illusions about what was at stake ...

TEHRAN - Ankara appears to be riding a wave of euphoria following the unexpected fall of Bashar al-Assad's government last ...

Tragically, their hopes for a better Egypt were dashed twice: first by Morsi’s abuses and overreach and then by the return of secular authoritarianism under Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the general who took ...