Choice in Middle Eastern politics ranges from the bad to the worse, and Egypt is no exception.

No U.S. strategy for the global war on terror that fails to reckon with Africa's role can be truly successful.

Soon the whole Middle East will see Iraq's national assembly at work.

The collapse of Sunni hubris--not the triumph of Sunni-Shia "reconciliation"--will give Iraq a chance at long-term success as a democratic nation.

How Iraqi Shiites could save the presidency of George W. Bush.

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...

The Iraqi election demonstrated for the first time in Arab history that national sovereignty can be achieved without tyranny.

What should be the George W. Bush administration's Middle East project for the next four years?