The tragedy in Egypt is a warning to Americans—imperious executive power is a threat to liberty everywhere. In much of the Middle East, citizens are sharply divided between advocates of modernism and ...

"Cairo, U.S. Blindsided by Revolt" was The Wall Street Journal's headline on its analysis of what led up to the Egyptian crisis. "We were caught by surprise." Israeli Finance Minister Yval Steinitz ...

The revolt in Egypt this week has produced powerful scenes of tens of thousands of people demonstrating peacefully for the overthrow of a government. Lawyers, merchants and the poor have rubbed ...

It’s a new day in the Arab world — and, let’s hope, in American relations to the Arab world. The truth is that the United States has been behind the curve not only in Tunisia and Egypt for the last ...

Plan now for the major shocks that further subsidy cuts will soon bring. [ analysis ] The revolution in Tunisia is spreading to the rest of the Arab world. But it would be a grave mistake to confuse ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Five years ago, President Obama traveled to Egypt — then still governed by the pro-American, secularist authoritarian Hosni Mubarak — to explain how he believed this Earth could at last become a ...

Policymakers and pundits have looked around the world at previous revolutions--in Iran, Russia, Turkey, and more--to gauge the possibilities and pitfalls ahead as Egyptians overturn their political ...

With its rich pharaonic history, Egypt is no stranger to leaders who expect unquestioning obedience from their subjects. Historian Toby Wilkinson says there are lessons to be learned from this ...

The possible end of the Mubarak era in Egypt poses serious worries for Israel but, perhaps surprisingly, a renewal of tensions on the border between the two countries is not at the top of the list.