A Globalization: Focusing on the Middle East

the experience in many developing countries in the Middle East has shown that policy interventions and economic restructuring programs have contributed to huge economic distress and social instability in many countries. As a result, many states resorted to coercive and undemocratic measures in order to quell the social unrest emanating from economically-destabilizing policy interventions. What Middle Eastern countries need is a form of economic development that tackles poverty and unemployment – without breeding inequality and concentration of wealth – with a view to human rights, democracy, and civil liberties of each citizen.

National Opinion Ballot Report 2009

Opinion ballots have been included with the Foreign Policy Association's Great Decisions since 1955 to enable participants to make their views known. Each year FPA sends the National Opinion Ballot Report to the White House, the departments of State and Defense, members of Congress, the media and concerned citizens.

Envisioning an alternative Egypt, post-Mubarak

This article from Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz profiles Egyptian journalist Mohammed Hassanein Haikel, who recently challenged the choice of Gamal Mubarak to succeed President Hosni Mubarak, and examines his ideas for government in Egypt when Mubarak steps down.

What to Read on Egyptian Politics

Mona el-Ghobashy, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Barnard College offers six books to help readers understand the personalities, parties and culture of Egyptian politics.

Great Decisions 2009 Fall Updates: Egypt

Spring 2009 Updates provide up-to-date news about Great Decisions 2009 articles.

Democracy In Egypt: Necessary Ingredient in a U.S.-Egyptian Partnership

Is Egypt's stability at risk? What role, if any, should the U.S. play in reforming the government of our closest ally in the Middle East?

Remarks by President Obama and President Mubarak of Egypt During Press Availability

Read what the leaders had to say to the press and get an inside view on President Obama and President Mubarak's meeting.

Poll of Egyptians on Obama, US Policies, Democracy

In June 2009, WorldPublicOpinion.org released the results of a poll taken of Egyptians to assess their perspectives on U.S. foreign policy and President Obama's alignment with it. The poll also examines opinions on democracy in Egypt and views on the Muslim Brotherhood.

The Hizbullah Cell in Egypt – A Joint Conspiracy by Iran, Syria, Qatar, Hizbullah, Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood

MEMRI's Director of Research, Y. Yehoshua, writes about how Egypt's response to the discovery of a Hizbullah cell in Egypt reflects its greater concern over the spreading influence of Iran in the Middle East.

The Egyptian-Israeli Peace: Lessons for Today

With the recent marking of the thirtieth anniversary of the signing of the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, this article looks at how the accord reverberated across the Middle East; profoundly impacting regional politics, inter-Arab relations, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Although the parties, their leaders, and the neighborhood in which they operated were much different from those today, understanding how the pact was achieved provides lessons for future negotiations.

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