Pivot Points: Turmoil in the Middle East

CSIS has assembled a variety of resources on the recent eruptions of unrest in the Middle East. These include video interviews, short written analyses, and audio commentaries.

Written Analysis

• Jon Alterman wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post, "Mubarak is out, but Egypt's status quo stays."
   
• Jon Alterman, wrote a commentary for the Financial Times published February 11, "Mubarak steers a crisis toward its climax."
   
• Anthony Cordesman, CSIS Burke Chair in Strategy, wrote a commentary, "If Mubarak Leaves: The Role of the Egyptian Military."
   
• Haim Malka of the CSIS Middle East Program wrote a commentary, "Military Aid to Egypt: A Critical Link."
   
• Anthony Cordesman, CSIS Burke Chair in Strategy, wrote a commentary, "Egypt and Tunisia (and, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan): Rethinking the Challenge of Instability in the Middle East, North Africa, and Other Developing States."
   
• Additional publications
   

Audio Commentaries

• Haim Malka, deputy director, CSIS Middle East Program, addresses the dangers of cutting off military aid to Egypt.
  • Duration: 2:59
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• On January 28, 2011, Jon Alterman and Haim Malka of the CSIS Middle East Program discussed the rapidly evolving situation in Egypt.
  • Duration: 6:32
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Additional Multimedia

Event Video

• Kaylee Hartung, CSIS, interviewed Nancy Youseff, chief pentagon correspondent for McClatchy, about the unrest in Egypt after the February 3 Schieffer Series event.
  • Duration: 2:33

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Additional content from the Implications of the Uprising in Egypt Schieffer Series event.