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  • Issue Brief posted March 27, 2012 by James Phillips Greater U.S. Pressure Needed to Ensure Successful Egyptian Transition

    In recent months, Egyptian–American relations have severely deteriorated due to Cairo’s politically motivated prosecution of several U.S.-funded nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) involved in democracy building. The fact that these civil society efforts, which were tolerated in Egypt before the fall of President Hosni Mubarak last year, now are considered criminal activities…

  • Backgrounder posted March 15, 2012 by Ariel Cohen, Ph.D. How the U.S. Should Respond to Russia's Unhelpful Role in the Middle East

    Abstract: Russia is pursuing a Middle Eastern policy that is designed to reduce U.S. and Western influence in the Middle East, even at the risk of Islamist terrorism, which is a growing problem in Russia. It views the recent upheavals in the Middle East…

  • WebMemo posted February 9, 2012 by James Phillips, Helle Dale U.S. Urgently Needs to Reset Its Bilateral Relationship with Egypt

    Egypt’s transitional military regime threw down a direct challenge to the Obama Administration on Monday when government prosecutors announced that 43 people, including 19 Americans, will stand trial for allegedly interfering in Egypt’s internal politics. Egyptian officials claim that they illegally funded political groups in Egypt’s parliamentary elections, while the…

  • PODCAST: James Phillips on Israel and the Arab Spring Audio Recorded on May 18, 2011 PODCAST: James Phillips on Israel and the Arab Spring

    In this week's Heritage in Focus podcast, James Phillips discusses the aftermath of the Arab Spring and escalating tensions around Israel. David Weinberger hosts. To get regular updates on Heritage in Focus podcasts, visit our RSS feed or subscribe on iTunes. To listen to more Heritage…

  • Commentary posted May 1, 2011 by James Jay Carafano, Ph.D. Reliable Intelligence Needed Most Amid Middle East Chaos

    It was an era of dramatic change for the Middle East. The pos/world/ War I collapse of the Ottoman Empire produced five new states -- Syria, Lebanon, Transjordan, Iraq and Palestine -- but little peace. Violence erupted in Syria. Arabs attacked Jews in Palestine. Iraq broke…

  • WebMemo posted April 13, 2011 by The Heritage Foundation The “Arab Spring”: Heritage Foundation Recommendations

    The “Arab Spring” has targeted several regimes in the Middle East: Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak has stepped down, leaving the future of the country uncertain; Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and Yemen’s Ali Abdullah Saleh cling to power; Libya’s Muammar Qadhafi has vowed to fight to the death despite the United States and…

  • WebMemo posted March 21, 2011 by Dean Cheng Middle East Lessons for China: Internal Stability

    With all of the upheaval in the Middle East, the question naturally arises: What lessons are the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and especially the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), likely to have learned from all of this upheaval? Particularly, are the Chinese likely to interpret it as underscoring the need…

  • WebMemo posted March 15, 2011 by The Heritage Foundation Revolution in the Middle East: Heritage Recommendations

    Turmoil is spreading across the Middle East, and the consequences of these dramatic changes will be far-reaching. The United States has considerable interests in the region, but the U.S. government needs to both exercise leadership now and develop a long-term plan for protecting the nation’s interests and supporting the cause…

  • Play Movie James Phillips on the Muslim Brotherhood on FNC Video Recorded on February 19, 2011 James Phillips on the Muslim Brotherhood on FNC

    James Phillips discusses the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. …

  • Commentary posted February 16, 2011 by Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D. Fear Rules in the Nations Where Politics is a Blood Sport Played out in Real Blood

    THE revolution in Egypt presents policy through a looking glass: what you see depends on who you are. If you want stability, you see a failed state. If you value freedom, you see it in the streets. If you fear autocrats, you see the 30 years of emergency rule. If…

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  • Backgrounder posted March 15, 2012 by Ariel Cohen, Ph.D. How the U.S. Should Respond to Russia's Unhelpful Role in the Middle East

    Abstract: Russia is pursuing a Middle Eastern policy that is designed to reduce U.S. and Western influence in the Middle East, even at the risk of Islamist terrorism, which is a growing problem in Russia. It views the recent upheavals in the Middle East…

  • WebMemo posted January 28, 2011 by James Phillips Bringing Freedom and Stability to Egypt

    Rocked by escalating protests, on Friday embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced he would appoint a new government. Mubarak’s eleventh-hour attempt to embrace reform is unlikely to appease the growing opposition, which includes a broad spectrum of diverse political groups. Egypt, an important American ally, is likely to plunge into…

  • Commentary posted February 10, 2011 by James Jay Carafano, Ph.D. Egypt's Future Remains in the Balance

    In Egypt we are still not at the end of the beginning. Its future remains in the balance. President Mubarak now has raised expectations, only to dash them. This will greatly raise tensions and could lead to an explosion of violence if the army tries to clear the square. If violence escalates, the…

  • WebMemo posted February 8, 2011 by James Phillips Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Lurks as a Long-Term Threat to Freedom

    Although Egypt’s widely supported protest movement was reportedly instigated by secular opposition activists, the largest and most well-organized group within Egypt’s diverse coalition of opposition groups remains the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist movement determined to transform Egypt into an Islamic state that is hostile to freedom. The Muslim Brotherhood has…

  • Issue Brief posted March 27, 2012 by James Phillips Greater U.S. Pressure Needed to Ensure Successful Egyptian Transition

    In recent months, Egyptian–American relations have severely deteriorated due to Cairo’s politically motivated prosecution of several U.S.-funded nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) involved in democracy building. The fact that these civil society efforts, which were tolerated in Egypt before the fall of President Hosni Mubarak last year, now are considered criminal activities…

  • WebMemo posted February 1, 2011 by James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., Anthony Kim, Brett Schaefer, Helle Dale, James Phillips, Mackenzie Eaglen Top Five Lessons from the Fight for Freedom in Egypt

    As millions march in the streets of Cairo, it is far too soon to tell whether the upheaval will deliver the economic and political freedoms that the people demand. History is littered with radical transformations that have taken societies in radically different directions. The French Revolution,…

  • WebMemo posted March 15, 2011 by The Heritage Foundation Revolution in the Middle East: Heritage Recommendations

    Turmoil is spreading across the Middle East, and the consequences of these dramatic changes will be far-reaching. The United States has considerable interests in the region, but the U.S. government needs to both exercise leadership now and develop a long-term plan for protecting the nation’s interests and supporting the cause…

  • WebMemo posted April 13, 2011 by The Heritage Foundation The “Arab Spring”: Heritage Foundation Recommendations

    The “Arab Spring” has targeted several regimes in the Middle East: Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak has stepped down, leaving the future of the country uncertain; Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and Yemen’s Ali Abdullah Saleh cling to power; Libya’s Muammar Qadhafi has vowed to fight to the death despite the United States and…

  • Commentary posted May 1, 2011 by James Jay Carafano, Ph.D. Reliable Intelligence Needed Most Amid Middle East Chaos

    It was an era of dramatic change for the Middle East. The pos/world/ War I collapse of the Ottoman Empire produced five new states -- Syria, Lebanon, Transjordan, Iraq and Palestine -- but little peace. Violence erupted in Syria. Arabs attacked Jews in Palestine. Iraq broke…

  • Backgrounder posted November 9, 2010 by Samuel Tadros Religious Freedom in Egypt

    Abstract: The Egyptian government has played a major role in creating and maintaining a religiously intolerant environment in Egypt that is hostile to non-Muslims and any Muslims who deviate from government-endorsed religious norms and traditions. This intolerant environment…

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  • Issue Brief posted March 27, 2012 by James Phillips Greater U.S. Pressure Needed to Ensure Successful Egyptian Transition

    In recent months, Egyptian–American relations have severely deteriorated due to Cairo’s politically motivated prosecution of several U.S.-funded nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) involved in democracy building. The fact that these civil society efforts, which were tolerated in Egypt before the fall of President Hosni Mubarak last year, now are considered criminal activities…

  • Backgrounder posted March 15, 2012 by Ariel Cohen, Ph.D. How the U.S. Should Respond to Russia's Unhelpful Role in the Middle East

    Abstract: Russia is pursuing a Middle Eastern policy that is designed to reduce U.S. and Western influence in the Middle East, even at the risk of Islamist terrorism, which is a growing problem in Russia. It views the recent upheavals in the Middle East…

  • WebMemo posted February 9, 2012 by James Phillips, Helle Dale U.S. Urgently Needs to Reset Its Bilateral Relationship with Egypt

    Egypt’s transitional military regime threw down a direct challenge to the Obama Administration on Monday when government prosecutors announced that 43 people, including 19 Americans, will stand trial for allegedly interfering in Egypt’s internal politics. Egyptian officials claim that they illegally funded political groups in Egypt’s parliamentary elections, while the…

  • WebMemo posted April 13, 2011 by The Heritage Foundation The “Arab Spring”: Heritage Foundation Recommendations

    The “Arab Spring” has targeted several regimes in the Middle East: Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak has stepped down, leaving the future of the country uncertain; Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and Yemen’s Ali Abdullah Saleh cling to power; Libya’s Muammar Qadhafi has vowed to fight to the death despite the United States and…

  • WebMemo posted March 21, 2011 by Dean Cheng Middle East Lessons for China: Internal Stability

    With all of the upheaval in the Middle East, the question naturally arises: What lessons are the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and especially the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), likely to have learned from all of this upheaval? Particularly, are the Chinese likely to interpret it as underscoring the need…

  • WebMemo posted March 15, 2011 by The Heritage Foundation Revolution in the Middle East: Heritage Recommendations

    Turmoil is spreading across the Middle East, and the consequences of these dramatic changes will be far-reaching. The United States has considerable interests in the region, but the U.S. government needs to both exercise leadership now and develop a long-term plan for protecting the nation’s interests and supporting the cause…

  • WebMemo posted February 8, 2011 by James Phillips Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Lurks as a Long-Term Threat to Freedom

    Although Egypt’s widely supported protest movement was reportedly instigated by secular opposition activists, the largest and most well-organized group within Egypt’s diverse coalition of opposition groups remains the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist movement determined to transform Egypt into an Islamic state that is hostile to freedom. The Muslim Brotherhood has…

  • WebMemo posted February 3, 2011 by James Phillips, James Jay Carafano, Ph.D. Five Steps to Meeting the Crisis in Egypt and the Middle East

    While all eyes are on the political violence in Egypt, the Obama Administration has labored in crisis mode, struggling to stay ahead of the rapidly moving events. Washington’s problem is that publicly the White House appears to be floundering, focusing myopically on events on Tahrir Square rather than exercising real…

  • WebMemo posted February 1, 2011 by James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., Anthony Kim, Brett Schaefer, Helle Dale, James Phillips, Mackenzie Eaglen Top Five Lessons from the Fight for Freedom in Egypt

    As millions march in the streets of Cairo, it is far too soon to tell whether the upheaval will deliver the economic and political freedoms that the people demand. History is littered with radical transformations that have taken societies in radically different directions. The French Revolution,…

  • WebMemo posted January 28, 2011 by James Phillips Bringing Freedom and Stability to Egypt

    Rocked by escalating protests, on Friday embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced he would appoint a new government. Mubarak’s eleventh-hour attempt to embrace reform is unlikely to appease the growing opposition, which includes a broad spectrum of diverse political groups. Egypt, an important American ally, is likely to plunge into…

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