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For the first time in its history, Egypt will hold a multi-candidate presidential election this year. Other signs of change abound: a governmental human rights commission has just issued a surprisingly frank report, the nation's judges are demanding freedom...

George W. Bush's policy of encouraging democracy in the Middle East has hit a bump in the road in the last few weeks.

What exactly is moderate Islam, and where can we find it?

The outcome of this summer"s war between Israel and Hizballah was confused and confusing.

U.S. engagement of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoodwould bepremature, given the group's rigid interpretation of Islam.

Personal and Intellectual History

Alan Johnson: You were raised in a devoutly socialist family in the 1950s, and spent your adolescence running the US young socialist movement in the 1960s and early 1970s. As an adult you have been a leading figure in the neoconservative movement. People will assume a single rupture was involved in...