The governments that rose to power in Egypt and Tunisia in the wake of the Arab Spring are increasingly relying on the oppressive security apparatuses crafted by their predecessors. more ››
Phase Three adds up to a series of mass protests and revolts and even wars against Islamists of every stripe -- against the mainstream Islamists in Egypt, against the moderates in Tunisia, and against the radicals in Mali. The... more ››
For the last few months, conservative critics of the Obama administration’s foreign policy have obsessed about its failure in Libya. The fiasco in Benghazi that took the lives of four Americans including our ambassador... more ››
Two years on, the promise of individual as well as national liberation still hangs in the balance. The secular youths who braved the batons and bullets seem mere stalking horses for the Islamist cavalry bent on regulating... more ››