Mubarak's fall will have even deeper reverberations throughout the region than Ben Ali's did. Which will be the next dominoes to drop?

The value of the Egyptian alliance is less than meets the eye.

Mubarak's time in power is coming to an end, hopefully the outcome and emerging President can be something the US can live with.

Egypt's Hosni Mubarak is leaving no stone unturned in his quest to secure the longevity of the regime and a seamless transition of power.

It is looking more and more likely. But the United States can still push for democratic reforms.

President Obama's response to events in the Middle East, particularly in Libya, are so opaque, so convoluted, it's tempting to think there's some ingenious master plan in effect behind the scenes that he hasn't clued us in on.

A pragmatic assessment of the situation in Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East underlines the daunting obstacles in the way of a democratic transformation.

Egypt is entering a period of flux, and a changing of the guard is bound to happen on Obama's watch.