List of Egypt articles
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Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on Aug. 21, 2010. (IIPA via Getty Images) In the Middle East, Soon Everyone Will Want the Bomb
The region is at risk of a nuclear arms race. Washington needs to stop proliferation before it starts.
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Chris Gash illustration for Foreign Policy The Arab World’s Star Student
What Tunisia can teach its neighbors about the value of education.
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People hold placards and flags during a demonstration of France's exiled Uyghur community on July 4, 2010 in Paris. China’s Campaign Against Uighur Diaspora Ramps Up
In its attempts to control Uighurs abroad, the Chinese government is holding families hostage.
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A polling station in Cairo on March 25, 2018. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images) With Freedom and Justice for Sisi
The arc of Egypt’s history is flat, and it bends toward autocracy.
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Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., tours a U.S.-funded supermarket in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan on May 21, 2017. (Raad Adayleh/AFP/Getty Images) Haley: Vote With U.S. at U.N. or We’ll Cut Your Aid
In a proposed aid overhaul, Nikki Haley embraces an “America first” foreign policy.
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a meeting on November 14, 2017, in Riyadh. (FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images) Strongmen Are Weaker Than They Look
Authoritarians are on the rise around the world, but history shows they’re mostly helpless.
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An oil rig in the Tamar field off Israel's coast in 2013. It was the first major find in the Eastern Mediterranean and will supply natural gas for export to Egypt. (Noble Energy) Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Eastern Mediterranean energy patch is hot — unfortunately, in more ways than one.
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U.S. President Donald Trump brandishes a sword during a welcome ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 20, 2017. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s Middle East Strategy Is Totally Boring
There’s a very familiar method to the administration’s apparent regional madness.
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Smoke billows over Mosul, Iraq, after an airstrike by U.S.-led international coalition forces targeting the Islamic State on July 9, 2017. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images) The Trouble Before the Storm
The past year gives no indication that Trump is ready for a military crisis in the Middle East.
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends a military ceremony in Paris on October 24, 2017. Egypt’s Undemocratic Election
Under Sisi’s iron fist, only one candidate is allowed to run.
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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, currently under construction, on May 15, 2016. (DigitalGlobe via Getty Images) Egypt-Sudan Spat Muddies Prospects for Deal on Big Nile Dam
Talks are stalled over how to deal with the impact of a $5 billion dam that could threaten Egypt’s lifeblood.
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Haig Papazian, Carl Gerges, and Hamed Sinno, members of the band Mashrou' Leila, in New York on Nov. 1. After their concert in Cairo in September, Egypt intensified a crackdown on its LGBT community. (Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images) 2017 Was a Bad Year for Egypt’s LGBT Community. 2018 Could Be Even Worse.
Egyptian authorities are using a "debauchery" law to justify a crackdown on gay and trans people.
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi waits for a meeting with John Kerry, then the U.S. secretary of state, in Cairo on Sept. 13, 2014. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) Egypt’s Civil Society Is on Life Support
Under the guise of fighting a "war on terrorism," Cairo is cracking down on organizations that shed light on its abuses.
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends a military ceremony at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris on October 24, 2017.(CHARLES PLATIAU/AFP/Getty Images) Sisi Doesn’t Know How to Beat ISIS
Egypt’s brute-force approach to counterterrorism isn’t working in Sinai.
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The Suez Canal, Egypt, in 2015. The U.N. Can’t Enforce Its Sanctions on the North Korean Arms Trade
Fortunately, the United States can.
