The Mysterious Plane Crash That Explains U.S.-Egypt Mistrust
How a 1999 disaster and its aftermath revealed the contradictions and complications of the American-Egyptian partnership More »
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Steven A. Cook is Hasib J. Sabbagh senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square. He blogs at From the Potomac to the Euphrates.
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