Egypt has been a pillar of America's Middle East policy since the late 1970s and President Carter's brokering of the Camp David Accord. The rather frosty peace between Israel and Egypt that Camp David birthed has proven surprisingly resilient – surviving the assassination of Anwar Sadat, the dissolution of the Oslo Accords, the second Intifada. [...]
Archive for May, 2006
The Egyptian Conundrum
May 31, 2006Iraqi Civil Society and Gay Rights
May 31, 2006(What's This All About?…Introducing small-d)
A recent New York Times article on civil society groups in Iraq is a little short on detail, doing a better job of highlighting the poverty and despair in Iraq than hope for the future. But it is heartening to learn that "Since 2003 the government has registered 5,000 private [...]
