Hudson Research on the Continuing Crisis in the Arab World

During the past weeks, the wave of unrest in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, Algeria, and Libya has led to significant changes in the political landscape of the Arab world. The protests and violence may result in devastating repercussions for U.S. allies in the region, with significant implications for U.S. policy toward Lebanon, Iran, and beyond.

Hudson Institute's scholars, including Senior Fellows Nina Shea and Paul Marshall and Visiting Fellow Lee Smith, are analyzing the situation as it unfolds. Shea and Marshall have been a steady source of the latest news on the situation in Egypt; Smith analyses the wider ramifications of what he calls the "Autumn of the Patriarchs" in the Middle East.

Their analysis can be found on their bio pages, and they are available for comment, as is Senior Fellow Hillel Fradkin, a specialist on Islamist movements, and co-editor of Hudson's prestigious journal, Current Trends in Islamist Ideology. Numerous other Hudson scholars — including Senior Fellows Douglas Feith, former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, and Hassan Mneimneh, the former head of the Iraq Memory Foundation — are available for comment on U.S. policy options, as are scholars Ann Marlowe, Richard Weitz, and Gabriel Schoenfeld.

• Democracy, Elections, and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
• The Brotherhood and the Shiite Question
• The Brotherhood vs. Al-Qaeda: A Moment of Truth?
• Strategies of the Muslim Brotherhood Movement 1928-2007
• The Muslim Brotherhood in the United States
• The Brotherhood in the Salafist Universe

Past events on Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood (audio and video available):

• Egypt, Its Revolution and Future: How Should the U.S. Respond?
• The Future of the Muslim Brotherhood

Selected Media:

• Hillel Fradkin quoted on the Muslim Brotherhood in the Washington Post
• Paul Marshall quoted by the Washington Post and the Christian Post on Christians in Egypt
• Douglas Feith quoted on Egypt in Forward Magazine
• Michael Horowitz quoted in internet freedom in the Middle East by the New York Times