Publications

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Egyptian sweep

June 25, 2012 Ilan I. Berman The Washington Times

For all their ideological fervor, revolutions in practice tend to be fairly predictable affairs. More often than not, when the initial groundswell of popular discontent recedes, the best-organized and most ideologically cohesive political factions assume power and proceed to run the show according to their own preferences.

South Asia Security Monitor: No. 292

June 21, 2012

Nasheed nominated for Maldivan presidential race;

Economic reforms in Myanmar;

India, U.S. plan trilateral talks with Myanmar;

Indian fleet gets unsolicited escort from China;

Taliban calls a ban on polio vaccinations;

India get U.S. waiver on Iran sanctions

Eurasia Security Watch: No. 260

June 21, 2012

Abbas' new ally;

China's growing ties with Uzbekistan and other central Asian nations;

Israel excluded from U.S. counterterrorism forum;

The dissolution of Egypt's lower house;

Erdogan: a modern-day sultan?