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February 2, 2011 Foreign Affairs Coverage of the Crisis in Egypt Foreign Affairs is pleased to bring you continuing coverage of the crisis in Egypt -- including expert analysis by Steven A. Cook and Yossi Klein Halevi and on-the-ground reporting by Eric Trager -- and select articles from our archives, including essays by Anwar el-Sadat, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and Fouad Ajami. Snapshot The U.S.-Egyptian Breakup Steven A. Cook With the political era of Hosni Mubarak coming to an end, is the strategic relationship between Cairo and Washington similarly finished? The Obama administration must scale back its ambitions to affect change in Cairo. Read Snapshot Israel's Neighborhood Watch Yossi Klein Halevi With the Muslim Brotherhood poised to gain influence in Egypt, Israel sees itself as almost completely encircled by hostile forces. Is an Egyptian-Iranian alliance a possibility -- and where would this leave the future of a sovereign Palestinian state? Read Letter From Letter From Cairo Eric Trager As protests continue in Egypt, both sides -- the protesters in the streets and the Mubarak regime -- are wondering exactly which side the Egyptian military is supporting. Does the army hold the key to the country's political endgame? Read Essay - Sep/Oct 2010 Beyond Moderates and Militants Robert Malley and Peter Harling With protests raging across the Middle East, how should Washington respond? In an essay from the September/October issue, Robert Malley and Peter Harling argue that the Obama administration must recognize that there is not a clean divide between a moderate pro-American camp and an extremist militant axis. Read Postscript Is El Baradei Egypt's Hero? Steven A. Cook The return of Mohamed El Baradei to Egypt has raised questions about the country's political system and the rule of President Hosni Mubarak. Is reform possible, and if so, is El Baradei the man to lead it? Read Essay - Jan/Feb 2002 Back to the Bazaar Martin Indyk The United States has an opportunity to set new terms for its alliances in the Middle East. The bargain struck with Egypt and Saudi Arabia after the Gulf War seemed successful for a decade, but now the United States is facing the consequences: Washington backed Cairo's and Riyadh's authoritarian regimes, and they begat al Qaeda. The Bush administration should heed the lesson. Read Reading List What to Read on Egyptian Politics Mona El-Ghobashy An annotated Foreign Affairs syllabus on Egyptian politics. Read Collection Egypt in Crisis: From the Archives The Editors A collection of Foreign Affairs articles on Egypt, including essays by Anwar el-Sadat, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and Fouad Ajami. Read New Expert Blog from the Council on Foreign Relations On "Pressure Points," CFR Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies Elliott Abrams shares his take on U.S. foreign policy, with special focus on the Middle East and democracy, and human rights issues. Visit the blog to read Abrams's assessment of President Obama's Middle East policy after two years in office; why Israelis aren't cheering Egyptian President Mubarak's departure; and what lessons can be drawn from the January uprisings in the Middle East. Join the discussion at http://blogs.cfr.org/abrams/. There, you can subscribe to receive new posts via email, or the RSS feed. View CFR blogs on Asia, U.S. foreign policy, the Middle East, geoeconomics, and more, at www.cfr.org/blogs.