Outside the Beltway

A horrible terror attack in Egypt.

Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s first truly-elected president, has been sentenced to death by the government which ousted him in a coup.

Well, so much for that “people’s revolt” that brought down a military dictator.

Different name, same result in Egypt.

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is a name we’re likely to be seeing in the news for some time to come.

Could economic chaos bring Egyptians back out into the streets?

Nearly six months later, it’s hard to find any good in the July military coup in Egypt.

In a new interview, Edward Snowden explains his motives for absconding from the country with NSA secrets.

In both Egypt and Syria, it’s damned if we do and damned if we don’t.

Not surprisingly, the United States is not going to place aid to Egypt’s military in legal jeopardy by calling this month’s events a coup.

Certain aspects of Egyptian civic life have improved rapidly in the wake of the military coup, raising at least some questions about the events leading up to it.

Words don’t always mean what you think they mean.

The events of the last week in Egypt raise a whole host of questions.