Added on 05/02/2011
Steve Royston
Africa , Al Qaeda , Alexandria , China , Egypt , Europe , European Union , Faisal , Iran , Israel , Jordan , Lenin , Mainstream media , Middle East , Mubarak , Muslim Brotherhood , Oil , Oil Embargo , Palestinian Territories , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Soviet Union , Syria , Tahrir Square , Turkey , United States

STEVE ROYSTON: Amid the frenzy in the Middle East and beyond about the future of Egypt, many people seem to be working on a set of assumptions that are worth questioning.
Added on 03/02/2011
Naseem Tarawnah
Abdullah , Amman , Bakhit government , Bakhit’s government , Civil society , Egypt , Jordan , Muslim Brotherhood , Prime Minister , Prime Ministry , Royal Court , Samir Rifai , Tunisia , United States

NASSEM TARAWNAH: The state needs to realize no one protesting in Jordan have been calling for regime change, but rather a change in government and real reforms.
Added on 02/02/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Al Qaeda , Egypt , Elections , Fatah , Hamas , Hezbollah , Hizballah , Hosni Mubarak , Israel , Muslim Brotherhood , Obama , Obama administration , Pew Research Center , President , Sharia , Taliban , U.S. government , United States

ROB L. WAGNER: Both the United States and Israel are nervously anticipating what role the Muslim Brotherhood will play in the future of Egypt. But Western leaders can rest easy…
Added on 31/01/2011
David Roberts
Bahrain , Berlin , Cairo , Egypt , Jordan , Mubarak , Muslim Brotherhood , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Sky News , Tahrir Square , Tunisia , Turkey , Yemen

DAVID ROBERTS: How exactly people think things will ipso facto get better I don’t understand. You can’t eat or pay rent with democracy.
Added on 27/01/2011
James M. Dorsey
Al Ahly , Al Ahram , Al Zamalek , Algeria , Amr Abdallah Dalsh , Arab government , Assad , BBC , Cairo , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Egyptian police , Football , Gamal , Hosni Mubarak , Italy , Jordan , metal , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , National Democratic Party , President , Soccer , The National , Tunisia , Zine el Abidine Ben Ali

JAMES M. DORSEY: The involvement of organized soccer fans in Egypt’s anti-government protests constitutes every Arab government’s worst nightmare.
Added on 03/01/2011
Juan Cole
Afghanistan , Ahmet Davutoglu , Alexandria , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Ankara , Asia , Avigdor Lieberman , Bush , Christian Church , Damascus , Egypt , Egyptian military , Gaza , Germany , Hamas , Hamid Karzai , Hosni Mubarak , House of Representatives , India , Iran , Iraq , Iraqi army , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Jordan , Justice and Development Party , Kirkuk , Lebanon , MEK , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , Netanyahu government , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Obama administration , Oil , Pakistan , Palestine , Palestine Authority , Paris , President , Republican Party , Swat Valley , Syria , Taliban , Tehran , Turkey , U.S. , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , US government , US military , Washington , West Bank , Wikileaks , Yemen

JUAN COLE: The Obama administration has been successful in tightening the financial noose on Iran during 2010, but Iran could fight back like a cornered rat…
Added on 16/12/2010
Naseem Tarawnah
Afghanistan , America , Central Intelligence Agency , Fatwa , Jordan , Jordan Times , Jordanian government , Muslim Brotherhood , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , the Jordan Times , United States

NASEEM TARAWNAH: A recently issued fatwa from the Islamic Action Front in Jordan poses interesting questions about the internal turmoil within the Muslim Brotherhood
Added on 24/11/2010
James M. Dorsey
Atlantic coast , Baghdad , Beirut , Cairo , California , Casablanca , Copenhagen , Dubai , Dubai airport , Dubai Political System , East Africa , Eastern Europe , Egypt , executive director , Gaza , Hamas , Heavy Metal , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Kuwait , Lebanon , Media outlets , metal , Middle East , Morocco , Muhammad VI , Musician , Muslim Brotherhood , North Africa , Persian Gulf , Political systems , President , rapper , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Shiraz , The Star , TNT , United Arab Emirates , United States , University of California , YouTube

JAMES M. DORSEY: As dark as that moment was for Casablancan rockers, the trial was a turning point setting Morocco on a path to becoming one of the Arab world’s more liberal societies when it comes to alternative lifestyles.
Added on 22/11/2010
James M. Dorsey
Afghanistan , Barack Obama , Cairo , Democracy , Department of State , Egypt , Egyptian government , Egyptian military , Elections , Gamal Mubarak , George W. Bush , guard , head of state , Hillary Clinton , Hosni Mubarak , Iraq , Middle East , Mubarak , Muslim Brotherhood , National Democratic Party , Nile , Obama administration , P. J. Crowley , President , Secretary of State , U.S. Congress , United States , United States Agency for International Development , Washington

JAMES M. DORSEY: Repression of the opposition, intimidation of the media and electoral restrictions may guarantee Mubarak’s win. But for the U.S., the perception it is perpetuating authoritarian rule may outweigh any benefits.