The Globalist

Will the chain reaction of protests crossing the Middle East now reach Central Asia?

How can Egypt stand at the edge of a new period of modernization and opening up in the Arab world?

Did America lose Egypt? Or did China — and what China represents — gain Egypt?

Does more unite the Arab world and Europe than divides them?

Markets are extraordinarily bad at getting political risk right — and the Egypt crisis is no exception.

Why are the parallels between Cairo today and Constantinople a century ago all too obvious and disturbing?

Our top ten recent features on the Middle East paint a nuanced portrait of the world’s most volatile region.

Might the recent events in Tunisia find echo not only in Egypt, but in other repressed Arab countries?

Is Egypt poised to finally overcome its decades of stagnation?

Why are business and interaction the keys to achieving the West’s objectives in the Middle East?