This article was originally published here on ForeignAffairs.com on Sunday, June 8, 2014.  “I wish I was like Nasser,” Egypt’s new president, the retired field marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told Egyp…

Abdul Fattah al-Sisi took the oath of office as Egypt’s new president yesterday.  He succeeded the interim president, Adly Mansour. And who appointed Mansour? Why, Sisi himself after he and the Egypt…

The arc of Egypt’s history is flat, and it bends toward autocracy.

This article was originally published here on ForeignPolicy.com on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi hung up his military uniform today, launching a process that will ine…

I have always wondered why leaders of foreign countries feel the need to publish opinion pieces in American newspapers of record. Who exactly are they trying to influence? The folks at the White Hous…