Selected Opinion

By Basil el-Dabh – TIMEP – In August, Egypt passed a new counterterrorism law, the most recent influential piece of legislation passed by President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in the absence [...]

By Salman Moussa – In the “The House of Asterion,” the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges rewrote the myth of the Minotaur from the point of view of the monster. But Egypt today is that [...]

By Middle East Briefing – He might have had Russia in his mind. But even though, we have learned the hard way that fighting the Russians never stops there. Furthermore, Zawahiri, in the [...]

By Neil Patrick  – To its north, Saudi Arabia has conducted airstrikes in Iraq against targets from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and is associated with disaffected Sunni [...]

By Al-Monitor – Media outlets are broadcasting the departure of hundreds of thousands of Syrians and Iraqis from their countries toward Europe by boat, train or on foot. The scenes [...]

By Middle East Briefing – Furthermore, the eyes of the world are focused on the elections as a way to gauge the extent to which Egypt progressed towards a normalized political life, [...]

By Joseph S. Nye, Jr. – Project Syndicate – The Islamic State has captured the world’s attention with gruesome videos of beheadings, wanton destruction of antiquities, and skilled use [...]

By Bruce Hoffman – Politico Magazine – At the tenth anniversary of 9/11, it seemed like we had terrorism on the run; Osama bin Laden was dead, the Taliban was defeated and officials [...]

By Salma Moussa – Iran wants to extend its sphere of influence and protect the Shi’a of Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. None of these objectives require Bashar in Damascus.  When Bashar’s fall [...]

By Rudolph W. Giuliani – The Wall Street Journal – The anniversaries and other reminders of the Islamic extremist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, stir a torrent of thoughts and emotions. [...]