Outside the Beltway

Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s first truly-elected president, has been sentenced to death by the government which ousted him in a coup.

Different name, same result in Egypt.

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is a name we’re likely to be seeing in the news for some time to come.

Diplomatic word games.

Nearly six months later, it’s hard to find any good in the July military coup in Egypt.

The U.S. sends a mostly weak signal to the Egyptian military.

Certain aspects of Egyptian civic life have improved rapidly in the wake of the military coup, raising at least some questions about the events leading up to it.

Words don’t always mean what you think they mean.

The events of the last week in Egypt raise a whole host of questions.

Egyptians celebrated last night, but the future is far from clear.

if reports are to be believed, there is a coup d’etat underway in Egypt.

Yesterday saw some of the biggest protests ever to rock Egypt. Where does it go from here?

The Egyptian military appears to be signalling that its patience for political chaos may be running short.

As if the region didn’t have enough problems.

Has the Arab Spring come to Turkey?

If the United States and Egypt were Facebook friends, their relationship status would be “It’s Complicated.”

The candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood is the next President of Egypt, but the political future of Egypt itself remains quite murky.