Egypt's first modern revolution, carried out by Gamal Abdel Nasser and his fellow "free officers," overthrew the monarchy and ushered in the first republic in 1952. The army's actions in 2011 allowed Hosni Mubarak to fall without mass bloodshed. Now (...)
In the bad old days, the boycott that mattered in the Middle East was the Arab boycott of Israel. No longer. Peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan, the Oslo accords with the Palestine Liberation Organization and world trade rules have left it a (...)
