Managing Crises, the Least-Bad Option

Winter 2022 / Essays

Conflict management in the MENA region has little chance of succeeding as conflicts increasingly intersect and tensions driven by larger, regional triggers become even more unpredictable

From Political Islam to the Politics of Islam

Winter 2022 / Essays

With electoral paths blocked or unpromising, the Islamist project is now being transformed from what it was at the beginning of the last decade

Erdogan’s Endgame with Egypt

August 6, 2021 / Global Forum

Rapprochement with Egypt is a necessary first step for Turkey to break out of its self-induced isolation, but it will require concessions that Erdogan may not be willing to make.

A Timeline of Arab Rapprochement

January 24, 2021 / Timelines

A blockade of Qatar is lifted after Arabs mend fences and resume diplomatic ties.

Strategic Actors in Libya

April 16, 2020 / Q & A

Political Scientist Lisa Anderson explores how the local players in the Libyan conflict affect the decision-making of states, both in North Africa and beyond.

The Truth about the Muslim Brotherhood

Spring 2018 / Essays

For the better part of two decades, a debate has raged in American research and policy circles about whether the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is a moderate political force. A study of the Brotherhood’s political Islam and its linkage to present-day terrorism.

Video: The Three Mindsets of Egyptian Voters

March 28, 2018 / Tahrir Forum

In this Tahrir Dialogue talk, Abdel Monem Said Aly speaks about three “stories” or narratives about the state of Egyptian politics, which represent how people are voting in these elections.

The Great Brotherhood Divide

March 3, 2016 / Tahrir Forum

Divisions within the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt deepen, creating greater confusion about the state of its affairs and threatening the group’s survival.

Answering the Call

Fall 2015 / Book Reviews

The rise of the Islamist movement in Egypt.

Failings of Political Islam

Fall 2015 / Essays

After the Arab Spring, the rise of Islamists stirred social polarization in many countries. The most potent Islamists today are the jihadists who have seized control of territory through extreme violence. Can political Islam be reconciled with secular modernity?