Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany- Soldiers take up position on a military vehicle in Kerdasa, a town 14 km (9 miles) from Cairo September 19, 2013, as Egyptian security forces clashed with gunmen on the outskirts of the capital.

Opinion

Remember Cairo?

September 30, 2013, Shadi Hamid and Peter Mandaville

Shadi Hamid and Peter Mandaville say the United States needs to move away from ad hoc crisis management and fundamentally shift its policy on Egypt, in part by suspending its military aid to the country. The authors conclude U.S. strategic interests can only be preserved by supporting the emergence of a genuine democracy in Egypt.

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