Summer’s End

I am away on vacation at an undisclosed location. Below please find a list of what I am reading while I am away, though I am open to suggestions. There is a very good bookstore in a nearby town. Cheers! Read more »

I am away on vacation at an undisclosed location. Below please find a list of what I am reading while I am away, though I am open to suggestions. There is a very good bookstore in a nearby town. Cheers! Read more »

Man reads Koran beside shelf stacked with them at Masjid Al Kabir, also known as Grand Mosque, during Ramadan in old city of Sanaa (Jumana El-Heloueh/Courtesy Reuters)

Flames rise from an Egyptian pipeline distribution station after an attack in the Sinai peninsula (STR New/Courtesy Reuters)

Anti-government protesters clash with riot police in the Damascus suburb of Douma (Ho New/Courtesy Reuters)

A Muslim reads the Koran during the holy month of Ramadan inside a mosque in Dubai (Ahmed Jadallah/Courtesy Reuters)

A defected Yemeni soldier who joined sides the anti-regime protesters reads the Koran near the entrance to Taghyeer Square in Sanaa (Jumanah El-Heloueh/Courtesy Reuters)

October 6, 2011
“A sweeping history of modern Egypt, this timely book will appeal to foreign policy professionals, academics and the general public. It is a reliable single source for understanding the flow and complexities of Egyptian politics, especially since the 1952 revolution.”—Daniel Kurtzer, Professor, Princeton University, and former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt and Israel

Turkey's PM Erdogan is flanked by General Ozel, Defense Minister Yilmaz and top military officials (Umit Bektas/Courtesy Reuters)

Egyptian soldiers stand behind barbed wire as demonstrators clash with loyalists of the ruling military council near the defence ministry, the headquarters of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces in Cairo (Amr Dalsh/Courtesy Reuters)
On From the Potomac to the Euphrates, Cook provides a lens for viewing how debates about Mideast policy in Washington connect to the region, with a special focus on Egypt and Turkey.
Below is my take on Egypt’s presidential elections, scheduled for May 23, originally published here on CFR.org. I hope you…
The Arabist discusses the Algerian exception. Jeremy Keenan says that Algeria’s election was a fraud, ending hopes for democracy in…
My colleague Laurie Garrett and I wrote this piece on the threat of foot and mouth disease in Egypt, which…
CFR’s recently released Independent Task Force on Turkey, co-chaired by Madeleine K. Albright and Stephen J. Hadley, and directed by Steven…
Bad Behavior has blocked 1951 access attempts in the last 7 days.