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 The End of Ambition: America’s Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East.

Articles by Steven A. Cook

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How to Get Egypt’s Generals Back on Our Side

Argument

January 5, 2015, 4:12 PM

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Fiddling While Kobani Burns

Argument

October 8, 2014, 12:53 AM

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The New Arab Cold War

Argument

Steven A. Cook, Jacob Stokes, Alexander Brock

August 28, 2014, 6:58 PM

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The Last Great Myth About Egypt

Argument

July 21, 2014, 8:46 PM

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Egypt’s War on Honest Language

Argument

April 30, 2014, 4:31 PM

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Sisi 2014!

Argument

March 26, 2014, 9:48 PM

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Return to the Bad Old Days

Argument

September 12, 2013, 7:23 PM

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Mubarak Still Rules

Argument

August 15, 2013, 12:43 AM

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Echoes of Nasser

Argument

July 17, 2013, 12:20 AM

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The Strong Man at His Weakest

Dispatch

June 20, 2013, 2:00 AM

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How Democratic Is Turkey?

Argument

Steven A. Cook, Michael Koplow

June 3, 2013, 12:15 AM

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What Is Egypt?

Argument

March 1, 2013, 3:46 PM

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Overdone Turkey

Argument

November 21, 2012, 9:20 PM

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Still Think Middle East Peace Doesn’t Matter?

Argument

November 19, 2012, 11:36 PM

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Meet the New Boss

Argument

September 14, 2012, 9:22 PM

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