Egypt’s final round of elections earlier this month confirmed our greatest fear: victory by the Muslim Brotherhood. The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) received 41% of the parliament. Together with other parties, Islamists dominate two-thirds of the new Egyptian legislature, and elected a strong Brotherhood leader Mohamed al-Katatni, as Speaker of the...
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- White House Exhibits No Urgency as Muslim Brotherhood Takes Power January 19, 2012 Valerie Greenfeld
- The Middle East Policy of Rep. Ron Paul January 6, 2012 Kyle Shideler
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White House Exhibits No Urgency as Muslim Brotherhood Takes Power
The Middle East Policy of Rep. Ron Paul
EMET does not, as a matter of policy, support or oppose political candidates or any political party. However, we feel it appropriate to comment substantively on a political figure’s foreign policy positions, especially those jeopardizing the national security of the United States and her...
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Looking Back at 2011, The Year of the Regional Cataclysm
Turning and turning in the widening gyre, The falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; The centre cannot hold, Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world … — William Butler Yeats By all accounts, 2011 has been a cataclysmic year in the Middle East....
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The PLO
(ed. note: The following was written by Arlene Kushner, formerly the Senior Analyst for the Center for Near East Policy Research, and currently serving that agency as a consultant....
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Equal Justice Under Law
As I write these words, my heart is heavy with pain. A convoy of buses is now making its way from Ayalon Prison, carrying 550 Palestinian prisoners due to...
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We Are Running Out of Time on Iran
By: Sarah Stern and Kyle Shideler This past Friday, at a policy conference in Washington, Puneet Talwar, Senior Director for Iran, Iraq and the Gulf States at the White...
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