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.

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Brother Knows Best

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Tales of Omar Suleiman

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The Pharaoh’s Legacy

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It’s Still Mubarak’s Egypt

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Don’t Fear a Nuclear Arms Race in the Middle East

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The Frankenstein of Tahrir Square

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Revolution 2.0

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Egypt’s Identity Crisis

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Tarnished brass

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Tarnished Brass

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Arab Spring, Turkish Fall

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America shouldn’t hijack Egypt’s revolution

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America Shouldn’t Hijack Egypt’s Revolution

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The calculations of Tunisia’s military

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Can Egypt change?: political institutions need reform

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