Shadi Hamid

FILE PHOTO: Tunisian then-presidential candidate Kais Saied reacts after exit poll results were announced in a second round runoff of the presidential election in Tunis, Tunisia October 13, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/File Photo

Tunisia is sliding back into authoritarianism. Here’s what the US should do.

Shadi Hamid and Sharan Grewal

Thursday, May 12, 2022

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is welcomed by Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, ahead of a meeting at the Royal Court, during a one-day visit to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 16, 2022. Stefan Rousseau/Pool via REUTERS

What Russia’s invasion of Ukraine means for democracy promotion in the Middle East

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Russia President Vladimir Putin answers reporters questions during his joint press conference with visiting France President Emmanuel Macron at Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, on Monday Feb 7, 2022. If Ukraine joins NATO and decides to return Crimea using military means, European countries will be automatically at war with Russia and there will be no winners Putin said during a joint press conference with Macron. (Kremlin/EYEPRESS)

There are many things worse than American power

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

The Statue of Liberty and One World Trade Center are seen as the Tribute in Light shines in downtown Manhattan.

I hadn’t the slightest idea my life would change after 9/11

Monday, September 20, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Tunisia's President Kais Saied gives a speech at the government's swearing-in ceremony at the Carthage Palace outside the capital Tunis, Tunisia February 27, 2020. Fethi Belaid/Pool via REUTERS

Tunisia, democracy, and the return of American hypocrisy

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Smoke and flames rise after an Israeli air-strike hits at Al-Jalaa tower, which houses apartments and several media outlets, including The Associated Press and Al Jazeera, amid the escalating flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence.

Don’t take the narrow view of what’s happening in Gaza

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

A demonstrator gestures during a protest to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, near the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan May 16, 2021. REUTERS/Muath Freij

A separate peace? What the Gaza crisis means for Arab regimes

Sunday, May 16, 2021

U.S. President Donald Trump announces that Israel and the United Arab Emirates have reached a peace deal that will lead to the full normalization of diplomatic relations between the two Middle Eastern nations in an agreement that Trump helped broker, at White House in Washington, U.S., August 13, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Around-the-halls: Experts analyze the normalization of Israel-UAE ties

Natan Sachs, Bruce Riedel, Jeffrey Feltman, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Suzanne Maloney, Shadi Hamid, and Salam Fayyad

Thursday, August 13, 2020

Anti-government demonstrators hold a banner that reads "Out Bolsonaro," in reference to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, during a protest named "Amazonas for Democracy" in Manaus, Brazil, June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

Reopening the World: How the pandemic is reinforcing authoritarianism

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Caucus participant Sophia Egal, center right, holds a sign for presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders before caucusing at the Muslim Community Organization Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, in Des Moines. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM)

How foreign policy factors for American Muslims in 2020

Shadi Hamid and Adham Sahloul

Friday, April 3, 2020