Steven A. Cook

Steven A. Cook is a columnist at Foreign Policy and the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. His latest book is False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East.

Articles by Steven A. Cook

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan gets the help of a bodyguard as he takes off his overcoat during his visit at the 'La Alhambra' in Granada, Spain, 13 January 2008 .

Erdogan Has Never Been in This Much Trouble

Analysis |

November 24, 2021, 5:58 AM

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi arrives for a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on June 3, 2015 in Berlin, Germany.

Why Dictators Always Pretend to Love the Law

Analysis |

November 10, 2021, 4:18 AM

A police officer is silhouetted.

Unvaccinated Police Officers Could Become America’s Own Insurgents

Argument |

October 19, 2021, 2:14 PM

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives to address the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly on September 21, 2021 in New York.

Erdogan Might Be Too Sick to Keep Leading Turkey

Argument |

October 1, 2021, 4:25 AM

The U.S. and Egyptian presidents ride to an event.

Democracy Was Never Going to Stop Islamist Terrorism

Argument |

September 16, 2021, 5:06 PM

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