Issue Guide: Arab World Protests

Issue Guide: Arab World Protests 

Democracy in the Arab World

• Interview: Robert Danin: The Arab World's 'Unprecedented' Protests
• Op-Ed: Elliott Abrams: Protests Show Bush Right About Freedom in the Arab World
• Transcript: Steven Cook and Jared Cohen: Tunisia--Repercussions for the Region
• Article: Joel D. Hirst: The Wrong Side of History
• Essential Document: Hillary Clinton's Remarks in Doha, January 2011
• Must Read: Anthony Cordesman: Be Careful What You Wish
• Must Read: Daniel Brumberg: Getting Real About Democratic Reform
• Must Read: Journal of Democracy: Do Muslims Vote Islamic?
• Must Read: Fareed Zakaria: How Democracy Can Work in the Middle East

Role of Social and Mainstream Media

• Foreign Affairs: Clay Shirky: The Political Power of Social Media
• Foreign Affairs: Jared Cohen and Eric Schmidt: The Digital Disruption
• Foreign Affairs: Ian Bremmer: Democracy in Cyberspace
• Must Read: New York Times: These Revolutions Are Not All Twitter
• Must Read: Foreign Policy: The al-Jazeera Revolution
• Must Read: Stratfor: Social Media as a Tool for Protest

U.S. Policy in the Region

• Interview: James Baker III: Egypt Is a 'Textbook' Foreign Policy Dilemma
• Foreign Affairs: Steven A. Cook: The U.S.-Egyptian Breakup
• Essential Document: Hillary Clinton Speaks on Mubarak
• Must Read: Washington Post: How Should the U.S. Respond to Protests in the Middle East?
• Must Read: Los Angeles Times: America's Islamist Dilemma
• Interview: Edward P. Djerejian: Beyond Cairo: Translating Obama Message into Policies

Egypt

• Foreign Affairs: Carrie Rosefsky Wickham: The Muslim Brotherhood After Mubarak
• Backgrounder: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood
• Transcript: Ed Husain and Isobel Coleman: Ramifications of Egypt's Political Upheaval
• Interview: Richard N. Haass: Egypt's Need for Presidential Change
• Foreign Affairs: Egypt in Crisis: From the Archives
• Essential Document: Obama Speaks on Situation in Egypt
• Essential Document: Mubarak Pledges to Step Down
• Expert Brief: Steven A. Cook: Understanding Egypt's Historic Moment
• CFR Contingency Planning Memo: Political Instability in Egypt
• Foreign Affairs: Steven A. Cook: Egypt's Hero?
• Must Read: New York Times: Upheaval Puts Militants in the Lurch
• Op-Ed: Robert Danin: What Egypt Means for Syria
  
• Op-Ed: Steven A. Cook: Crossing the Threshold
• Op-Ed : Leslie H. Gelb: Obama's Risky Path in Egypt
• Must Read: Mohamed ElBaradei: Manifesto for Change in Egypt
• Must Read: Foreign Policy: Cairo 2011 Is Not Tehran of 1979
• Must Read: Christopher Hitchens: The Shame Factor
• Op-Ed: Ed Husain: Egypt Can Bring in the Brotherhood
• Op-Ed: Max Boot: Hosni Mubarak, Troublesome Ally

Tunisia

• Analysis Brief: Understanding Tunisia's Tremors
• Analysis Brief: Can Tunisia Spark a Revolutionary Wave?
• Interview: Elliott Abrams: Will Tunisia Inspire More Popular Uprisings?
• Op-Ed: Steven A. Cook: The Calculations of Tunisia's Military
• Op-Ed: Mohamad Bazzi: After Tunisia, Arab World Gives Up on America
• Must Read: Shadi Hamid: After Tunisia: Obama's Impossible Dilemma in Egypt
• Must Read: Carnegie Endowment: Lessons of Authoritarian Collapse
• Must Read: LA Times: Uprising Was Three Years in the Making