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October 2, 2014

United States
Voices From the UN General Assembly

International efforts to combat ISIS dominated the recent debate in New York when world leaders converged for the UN General Assembly’s sixty-ninth session. Middle East Matters has excerpted passages…

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi addresses the 69th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 24, 2014 (Segar/Courtesy Reuters).

December 15, 2011

International Organizations
America’s Global Role? Go Ask the People

United Nations Secretary-General Ban shakes hands with U.S. President Obama at the United Nations in New York. (Mark Garten/ Courtesy Reuters) As the nation heads into an election year, it’s worth a…

America’s Global Role? Go Ask the People

March 18, 2004

United States
Transatlantic Alliance Remains Vital to U.S. and Europe in Post-9/11 World, Concludes Council Task Force Led by Henry Kissinger and Lawrence Summers

March 19, 2004 - In the year that has passed since the war in Iraq, the United States and its European allies have done much to repair their relations. Nonetheless, the partnership is still at risk. …

October 11, 2011

Egypt
Egypt: the Maspero Pogrom and the Failure of Leadership

Egyptian Christian woman mourns at the Coptic Hospital in Cairo (Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Courtesy Reuters) If February 11, 2011 demonstrated the very best of Egypt, then October 9, 2011 demonstrated th…

Egypt: the Maspero Pogrom and the Failure of Leadership

January 8, 2003

United States
Task Force Urges State Dept Reform, Bipartisan Group Led by Carlucci Lays Out Action Plan

January 29, 2001, Washington, D.C. - A report by a high-level, independent task force finds the Department of State to be "in a serious state of disrepair" and suffering from "long-term mismanagement…