Egypt Democratically Adopts an Anti-Western Dictatorship The victory in the referendum on the constitution is the fourth straight Muslim Brotherhood success - including the overthrow of President Husni Mubar
Proof of a Scandal: U.S. Policy is Making Syria into an Anti-Western, Antisemitic Islamist State In his article "The Revolt of Islam in Syria" (Jerusalem Post, December 12), Jonathan Spyer - senior fellow at the GLORIA Center - points out compelli
Syria: Obama Initiative Marks the Beginning of the End Game For all practical purposes, President Barack Obama has now recognized the Syrian opposition group as the government of Syria. Specifically, he called
Israel Has No Other Alternative But the Alternative it Has is a Good One The Palestinian leadership, abetted by many Western governments, has now torn up every agreement it made with Israel. Once the efforts of two decades
Egypt's New Constitution: Laying the Basis for an Islamist, Sharia State On November 30, a Constituent Assembly consisting almost 100 percent of Islamists voted to approve the draft of Egypt's new constitution. The next day
A Turning Point in Egypt: Not on Direction But on the Speed of Islamist Transformation A critical moment has arrived for Egypt. But what does it mean? President Morsi has rescinded much of his decree claiming total power, but he could ac
IS THE ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN PEACE PROCESS DEAD? The key to understanding the Middle East is to recognize when things change. Alongside the "Arab Spring," the Turkish campaign to be a regional power,
Understanding the Muslim Brotherhood Today, the Muslim Brotherhood is the most important international political organization in the Arabic-speaking world. It is the dominant party in Egy
Islamists Face Setback in Egyptian Presidential Election While the Brotherhood claims victory, the election was actually a defeat-at least temporary and possibly less important than it seems-for the Brotherh
Egyptian Presidential Election: Why A Moderate Regime is Unlikely Consider one fact that demolishes the apparatus of nonsense about moderate Islamists and the credibility of those claiming there is nothing to worry a
Egypt is a Volcano, The West Snoozes, But Israel Won't Play the Role of Pompeii Reality: Those who are, or will soon be, governing Egypt view themselves as being at war with Israel for all practical purposes. It matters relatively
Who's Winning in the Middle East? Everyone Outside the West Knows It's The Islamists Nawal al-Saadawi, now 80 years old, is a unique figure in Egypt. She is a pioneer feminist and a radical Arab nationalist. Al-Saadawi has lived in the
What's Next for Egypt? Assuming that the Muslim Brotherhood and smaller Islamist groups do very well in Egypt's parliamentary election today, what does it tell us about the
Syria: No Longer Revolution, It is A Civil War, A Guide to the Battle The only honest answer to the question of what will happen in Syria is: No one knows. After an eight-month-long battle in which more than 3500 people
"Moderate Islamism?" Does It Exist? Suddenly, a new term is foisted on us without serious debate or proof and we are supposed to rejoice at the triumphs of those now called "moderate Isl
Welcome to the Islamist Middle East and It's Not Going to Be Moderate Ladies and gentlemen, liberals and conservatives, Obama-lovers and Obama-haters, no matter what your race, creed, gender, national origin, or level of
The Coming Crisis in the Middle East There are several things very much predictable about the future of the Middle East area during the next year. First, on June 12, 2011, Turkey will hav
The Foreign Policy Elite and Bureaucracy Starts Parting Ways with Obama Perhaps the most important policymaking development of the last month has been President Barack Obama's increasingly visible loss of a lot of the fore
Palestinians: Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Islamism I'm always a bit wary of using public opinion polls in the Middle East because much depends on the day the poll is done; the way questions are worded;
Progress? Now Even Egypt's Religious Establishment Hates America This is the kind of serious development that everyone better pay close attention to if they want to understand what's going on in the Middle East and
