Stephen Kalin

Egypt’s political transition has been sidetracked once again by a ruling from the country's labyrinthine court system. At issue are elections for the lower house of parliament slated to begin next month. As usual, the details are a bit technical,…

The referendum on Egypt's new constitution (text here) concludes on Saturday (live blog courtesy of Ahram Online). Early indicators from last week's first stage show a modest lead for the "yes" vote, despite widespread reports of fraud. The High…

The focus is foreign policy, and subject areas are expected to include America's role in the world, Afghanistan/Pakistan, Israel/Iran, Middle East/terrorism, and China. Foreign policy has been largely absent from the election campaigns as the nation…

As the incumbent commander-in-chief, Obama has clearly defined foreign policy positions, successes and failures. The president came into the debate tonight confident in his record and eager to defend it. Romney had the dual task of showing that he…

The Obama administration announced Friday its plan to transfer $450 million in cash to help Egypt’s new Muslim Brotherhood-dominated government cover its massive budget deficit, which is estimated somewhere between $12 billion and $23 billion. U.S.…

Soon after the Egyptian election commission’s unendurably long press conference on the results of the country's presidential election, the White House released a statement congratulating President-elect Mohamed Morsi. Similar announcements poured in…

CAIRO – The announcement of the final results of last weekend’s presidential runoff elections between Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi and former Mubarak prime minister Ahmed Shafiq have been delayed, according to Reuters. The election…

CAIRO – For the second time in less than a week, rumors are circulating tonight that former president Hosni Mubarak has died in the south Cairo prison where he is serving a life sentence for killing protesters during last year’s January 25…

CAIRO – Since its beginning, Egypt’s January 25 revolution has been hailed as a model of nonviolent resistance to oppression and also as a portrait of popular, leaderless action. But the most recent Tahrir sit-in, which began last Saturday in…