Opinion

In his zeal to extract his administration from what he sees as a regional quagmire, Obama, like the old freeze movement, has adopted a...

Obama’s support for the Brotherhood goes back to the beginning of his presidency. He even invited Ingrid Mattson, then-president of the Islamic Society of...

So while Washington quibbles over whether Egypt’s current government meets the legal definition of a coup, and whether we should withhold aid, Egyptians are...

I also engaged in lengthy discussions with several of the leaders and followers of these currents. In this article I will attempt to summarize...

This is why the conflict is so vicious, and so difficult to settle diplomatically. But the war’s proxy status also holds the key to...

His star grew brighter following the 2011 uprising that ousted Mubarak, when Aswany became an oft-quoted voice of the Egyptian opposition—“The Face of Egypt’s Uprising,” as The...

Dr. Ala Al-Aswany ends most of his articles by "Democracy is the answer." A very laudable thought, possible applicable in a fraction of the...

These questions are crucial to knowing how the U.S. should react to al-Sisi's removal of Egypt's first "freely elected" president, Mohamed Morsi on July...