Transforming Domestic Extremism in the United States

April 28, 2021 / Global Forum

In the aftermath of the Capitol insurrection, efforts to counter domestic extremism should address the social and structural dynamics that contribute to violence.

Egypt, United States Must Navigate a New Alliance

/ Midan

Strategic priorities in Cairo and Washington have shifted somewhat in recent years leaving what was once a critical relationship out of unison.

Will the U.S. Evolve its Foreign Policy from Past Mistakes?

Fall 2020 / Q & A

Former U.S. Ambassador and American University in Cairo President Francis Ricciardone evaluates how the United States has dealt with global crises in the 21st century.

The World Is Watching the United States

Fall 2020 / Essays

The United States is facing a perfect storm that puts it in the headlights of its counterparts’ world views.

Annexation Makes No Policy Sense

June 15, 2020 / Tahrir Forum

The fors and againsts of the West Bank’s annexation.

“America First” In a World Crisis

May 7, 2020 / COVID-19: Global Crisis

How Donald Trump’s America First policy failed

The U.S. Pandemic Response: The Challenge of Competing Narratives

April 18, 2020 / Essays

The American people lose out to contradictory official messages during a crisis that has been framed within the 2020 presidential election.

The “Deal” of the Century?

February 12, 2020 / Tahrir Forum

The Trump plan imposes Israeli security and economic control over a self-autonomous Palestinian entity.

Has America’s Influence Ebbed?

Fall 2019 / Book Reviews

How Donald Trump trashed the post-Cold War international order

Egypt’s first Fulbright specialist from the United States since 2013 Thomas De Luca critiques the past and the future of national exceptionalism, political polarization, and erosion of democratic values both at home and abroad

The Inflection Point

Fall 2018 / Essays

Reduced American focus on the Middle East going forward is just one of many changes with which Arab leaders will have to grapple in the coming years, and it is disorienting