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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Can Egypt change?

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Lisa Anderson, Michele Dunne, Steven A. Cook
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How do you say “frenemy” in Turkish?

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How Do You Say “Frenemy” in Turkish?

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What the neocons got right

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What the Neocons Got Right

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Why Israel Won’t Attack Iran

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Democracy in Arabic

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Why Israel Won’t Attack Iran

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The Myth of Moderate Islam

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A Foot in the Door for Egyptian Democracy

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