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independent Egyptian dailies for printing criticisms of the Brotherhood. This kind of double talk is part of a pattern. Last February, right after Hosni Mubarak was overthrown, the Brotherhood published what it called an English-language version of Supreme Guide Mohammed Badie's EFTA00687112 message to th

months, the modification is mainly less moderate, not more. For example, the Brotherhood belatedly joined the protests in Tahrir Square, but after Mubarak fell, its leaders opposed any "supraconstitutional" guarantees of individual freedoms and then barred members from further demonstrations. The grou

al with the Brotherhood, but we don't have to trust anything it says -- at least until it proves we should. David Pollock is the Kaufman fellow at The Washington Institute, focusing on the political dynamics of Middle Eastern countries. The Cairo Review of Global Affairs The Fruit of Revolution Nabil Fahmy January

sidency) the winner by the barest of majorities over his opponent, Shafiq, who was widely viewed as the military's favored candidate and a relic of Hosni Mubarak's ousted dictatorship. The worst of it is this: no matter how unexpectedly skillful a politician Morsi might turn out to be, the task he's facing is

rim military government has actually ceded to him. Just weeks before he took the oath of office, the Supreme Court, stacked with holdovers from the Mubarak regime, effectively dissolved the country's first freely elected Parliament. Then the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) amended its own pr

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uprising against longtime Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, factored prominently in the mass movement again

es who moved in firing tear EFTA00636687 gas. The square, which had served as the epicenter of the 2011 uprising against longtime Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, factored prominently in the mass movement against Morsi, and over the past year has been the domain of secularists and liberals. Many secularists

n the Iran nuclear deal Michael Herzog Article 4. Mint New Egypt constitution clears panel heading for referendum Salma El Wardany Article 5. The Washington Institute How Israel Could Be Drawn into the Syrian Conflict Patrick Clawson Article 6. The National Interest Gazprom Goes to the Middle East Allison Goo

Leaving aside over $60 billion in U.S. assistance that Egypt received over the years, monies the Muslim Brotherhood may erroneously claim went to Mubarak and not the Egyptian people, it is the treaty that remains the linchpin for making it possible for Egypt to receive essential assistance, loans and

trip to dismantle an extensive tunnel network used by Hamas to smuggle in weapons. An already tenuous truce mediated by the Egyptian government of Hosni Mubarak had been broken. Hamas responded with a barrage of mortar and rocket fire lasting several weeks, and on Dec. 27, 2008, Israel began Operation Cast

on what terms -- but also tell us much about the direction of Egypt during this time of transition in the Middle East. Dennis Ross is counselor at The Washington Institute. Ankle .1 Stratfor Israel and Gaza: Then and Now November 19, 2012 -- Four years ago on Nov. 4, while Americans were going to the polls to elect

acked the military commission for being behind his black ball. He'll be trouble for whomever gets the presidential post. Enter Amr Moussa, former Mubarak foreign minister and Secretary General of the Arab League. The cigar- smoking Moussa is one of the best known Egyptians on the international scene.

fled Tunisia, he and his family were welcomed in Saudi Arabia. Then, Riyadh worked EFTA_R1_02205167 EFTA02721247 to prevent the toppling of the Hosni Mubarak regime, its ally in Egypt, but to no avail. It did, however, manage to help put down the Shia uprising against the Sunni government in neighboring

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sidency) the winner by the barest of majorities over his opponent, Shafiq, who was widely viewed as the military's favored candidate and a relic of Hosni Mubarak's ousted dictatorship. The worst of it is this: no matter how unexpectedly skillful a politician Morsi might turn out to be, the task he's facing is

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assimilate Sinai's society into national structures. The second factor was the spread of extremist thought in a religious guise during the Sadat and Mubarak eras. Almost intrinsically hostile to many domestic and foreign policy orientations, that type of thought inevitably spread to Sinai. As the situat

these multifaceted and unusually pro- ductive bilateral connections. MICHAEL EISENSTADT is director of the Military and Security Studies Program at The Washington Institute, focusing on irregular and conventional warfare and nuclear weapons proliferation in the Middle East. DAVID POLLOCK is the Kaufman fellow at The Wa