Posts by Shadi Hamid

The Boiling Point - April 16, 2008

The Muslim Brotherhood writes an op-ed in the Forward - April 14, 2008

Khaled Hamza and the Search for Moderates - March 07, 2008

The False Poverty-Terrorism Link - February 28, 2008

A moderate Islamist is arrested in Egypt - and what it means for us - February 27, 2008

The Middle East Knowledge Gap - February 26, 2008

Obama and the Politics of Meaning - February 20, 2008

The Things We Don't Talk About on Foreign Policy - February 19, 2008

Are People's Political Views "Fixed" or "Plastic"? - February 05, 2008

A Major Difference on Foreign Policy - February 05, 2008

"I want to be an American" - Obama fever taking over Europe - February 04, 2008

The Need to Prioritize Elections - February 04, 2008

A Bumper Sticker for Republicans - January 30, 2008

Two ways of looking at the world? - January 28, 2008

Thoughts on South Carolina, Anger and Partisanship - January 28, 2008

It's Sunday - January 27, 2008

More on the Electability Question - January 24, 2008

My Bloomberg Prediction based on Rumors and Speculation - January 24, 2008

Winning (and losing) on National Security - January 18, 2008

Yes We Can - January 18, 2008

It's Sunday - January 13, 2008

The Gender Card? - January 09, 2008

America vs. Americans - how the rest of the world sees us - January 08, 2008

The Preacher's Son - January 08, 2008

Republican Debate Live Blogging - January 05, 2008

Bhutto says Bin Laden was Murdered? - December 28, 2007

The Nuclear Scenario in Pakistan - December 27, 2007

Powder Keg - December 27, 2007

Thought Experiment - A Muslim Europe? - December 18, 2007

Krugman vs. Obama - December 17, 2007

Chris Dodd is Confusing Me - December 13, 2007

The NIE and Remembering Things Lost - December 12, 2007

The Obama Muslim Rumors - December 12, 2007

Will an "Islamic Reformation" Ever Come? - December 05, 2007

Mitt Romney: No Muslims in my Cabinet - November 26, 2007

To be an "American Muslim"? - November 26, 2007

The Worst Answer of Last Night's Debate - November 16, 2007

Saudi Arabia and the Autocracy-Terrorism Link - November 12, 2007

Iraq and the Idea of Humanitarian Intervention - November 09, 2007

Preemptive Pardons - November 08, 2007

Smearing Obama - November 08, 2007

"We Need to Waterboard More" - November 08, 2007

What should we do about Saudi Arabia? - November 08, 2007

Looking for Moderate Islamists - November 07, 2007

Cutting the Cord on Musharraf, and a Moratorium on Making Eye Contact with Foreign Leaders - November 06, 2007

Condi's "Transformation" - November 05, 2007

A Rare Opportunity for the Bush Administration - November 05, 2007

Democracy in Pakistan - November 05, 2007

A Neo-con Shows His Moderate Side - October 23, 2007

Wanted: Political Psychologists - October 23, 2007

Overheard at Your Local Starbucks - October 22, 2007

Re: Who's to Blame for the Middle East's Problems - October 18, 2007

Adrian Fenty is an Autocrat - October 18, 2007

Is America Inherently Good? - October 16, 2007

This is Pretty Crazy (or, how to declare war on a whole religion and keep your job at AEI) - October 15, 2007

Understanding the Retributive Impulse - October 15, 2007

The Dangers of Militarism - October 11, 2007

The Political Implications of Radiohead - October 10, 2007

Radiohead: A Music Revolution? - October 10, 2007

Dreaming of Christopher Hitchens - October 04, 2007

Two Policy Ideas for Reviving Democracy Promotion in the Middle East - September 25, 2007

Would Democracy in Morocco be a Good Thing? - September 24, 2007

How to Rig Elections without Rigging Them: The Case of Morocco - September 23, 2007

The Myth of Moroccan Democracy - September 20, 2007

Remembering the 'Arab Spring' - September 19, 2007

Who has Better Traffic Jams: DC or Cairo? - September 18, 2007

Making the Same Mistakes in the Middle East - September 18, 2007

Creeping Resignation on the Left? - September 17, 2007

The Bushies Find Another Part of the Middle East to Mess Up - September 10, 2007

Condi Rice: Rhetoric vs. Policy - September 04, 2007

Call Your Therapist, Part 3 - August 28, 2007

Cognitive Dissonance Alert - August 28, 2007

Bush's "Low" Approval Ratings are Actually Quite High - August 28, 2007

Do Democrats Need 'Big Ideas'? - August 27, 2007

A Bizarre Anti-TNR Missive - August 24, 2007

Bumper Stickers for Democrats - August 23, 2007

Democracy Promotion Needs a Plan of Action - August 22, 2007

The Search for the Perfect Anti-War Song - August 22, 2007

Bush: A 'Dissident' in His Own Government? - August 21, 2007

1991: Algeria - August 21, 2007

The "PNAC/DLC Test" for Future US Policymakers - August 21, 2007

Screening Changes at U.S. Airports - August 21, 2007

Neoconservatism is Dead - August 20, 2007

The "1953/1991 Test" for Future US Policymakers - August 19, 2007

Middle East Experts - August 19, 2007

The Post-Debate Fashion Police - August 19, 2007

Political Situation in Egypt Worsens - August 17, 2007

Sneak Peek at the Muslim Brotherhood's New Political Party Program - August 17, 2007

We're Integrating! - August 17, 2007

On Faith - August 16, 2007

Do Republicans Need their Own DLC? - August 16, 2007

Shaping the Electorate vs. Responding to the Electorate - August 15, 2007

Highlights from Giuiliani's Foreign Affairs Piece - August 15, 2007

Stop Spending 8 Days in Iraq - August 15, 2007

The Problem of Modernity? - August 15, 2007

Germans are Worried that the Left is moving Right - August 14, 2007

Am I a "Starbucks Imperialist"? Um, Yes. - August 14, 2007

Did I Support the Iraq War? Um, No. - August 14, 2007

The 'Wrath' of Atrios - August 13, 2007

PPI vs. Kos, Part II - August 13, 2007

PPI vs. Kos? - August 13, 2007

Another 9/11 - August 10, 2007

Campaign Songs from Coldplay - August 09, 2007

The "Eternal Hatreds" of the Arabs - August 08, 2007

Free Friedman - August 07, 2007

To Engage or Not to Engage? - August 07, 2007

Brangelina vs. Bernard - August 06, 2007

The Surge Has Failed, Again - August 01, 2007

The 5 Sentence Rule - August 01, 2007

Terrorist Doctors - August 01, 2007

Drop What You're Doing and Read This - July 31, 2007

What Makes a Starbucksist (or how to fight Islamo-fascists with the power of our ideas)? - July 24, 2007

What Should We Do About Political Islam? - July 16, 2007

Why I Love Starbucks - July 13, 2007

Bush vs. the Constitution - July 12, 2007

The Question of Political Islam - June 13, 2007

5 Mexicans = 1 American? - June 13, 2007

Re: Legitimacy = Democracy - June 11, 2007

The Kissinger-Cheney Coupling - June 11, 2007

An Urgent Letter from Egypt - June 08, 2007

Aid to Egypt: Time for Congress to Take a Stand - June 06, 2007

A "Pro-Chaos" Foreign Policy - June 05, 2007

New Blog - May 31, 2007

Miss USA and Rising Anti-Americanism - May 29, 2007

Talking to Bashar and Supporting Syrian Reform: Not Mutually Exclusive - May 29, 2007

Egyptian Bloggers Fighting for Democracy - May 28, 2007

Bush and the Brotherhood Agree - May 28, 2007

Correction: Bashar al-Assad is not "A Nice Guy" - May 24, 2007

Mr. Kerrey's Offensive WSJ Oped - May 22, 2007

A Contrarian Takes on The Middle East, Part III - May 22, 2007

A Contrarian Takes on the Middle East, Part II - May 17, 2007

Fred Thompson's Pathetic Response to Michael Moore - May 15, 2007

Good News: A Radical Imam Resigns - May 15, 2007

Playing Tennis with Rush Limbaugh - May 14, 2007

The Sins of Liberal Interventionism? - May 11, 2007

Japan Has a Problem - May 11, 2007

Warming to Sarkozy? - May 10, 2007

Post-Debate Spin, Part V - May 03, 2007

Post-Debate Spin, Part IV - May 03, 2007

Post-Debate Spin, Part III - May 03, 2007

Post-Debate Spin, Part II - May 03, 2007

Post-Debate Spin - May 03, 2007

Romney Looks Presidential - May 03, 2007

Republican Debate - LiveBlogging II - May 03, 2007

Giuliani Tanks - May 03, 2007

Republican Debate - LiveBlogging I - May 03, 2007

The War on Terror or the war on terror? - May 03, 2007

Maybe it's Time to Start Getting Scared - May 03, 2007

Is Islam a Peaceful Religion? - April 26, 2007

The French Muslim Swing Vote - April 26, 2007

Why We Don't Understand Political Islam - April 25, 2007

Time for American Muslims to Speak Up: ElBayly Must Be Fired - April 24, 2007

Obama's Big Speech - April 24, 2007

Giuliani's "Intellect" - April 23, 2007

Al-Qaeda and the War on Vegetables - April 23, 2007

What was MoveOn Thinking? - April 23, 2007

You Must Know Obama! Piercing a Bubble - April 19, 2007

The Imus Fiasco, Racism and Anti-Muslim Sentiment - April 19, 2007

Obama wins "Messiah mentions" straw poll - April 02, 2007

Neocons vs. Neoliberals - March 15, 2007

The Barack Obama of Rock - March 15, 2007

Toward an Outkast-Approved Iran Policy? - March 14, 2007

Neoliberal Schizophrenia - March 14, 2007

Playing the Muslim Card to the White House - March 07, 2007

The Failure to Integrate: It’s a Religious Problem Too - March 06, 2007

The New Conservatives - March 04, 2007

Will the Corner Condemn Coulter? - March 03, 2007

Salsa Dancing, Cut and Run and the "Optimism Bias" - March 01, 2007

Getting Muslims Totally Wrong - February 28, 2007

Barack Obama knows the Difference between Sunnis and Shias - February 27, 2007

Friends and Enemies - February 27, 2007

The Limits of American Idealism - February 23, 2007

Obama as Personal Messiah - February 22, 2007

Republicans Listen to Music? - February 14, 2007

Causal Links between Lack of Democracy and Terrorism - February 14, 2007

Is Condi 'Brilliant'? - February 13, 2007

We are not Exceptional - February 12, 2007

Why Michael Gerson is Responsible for a Nuclear Iran headed by a Deranged Millenarian President - February 12, 2007

Hamas and Fatah Announce Unity Government - February 08, 2007

The Genocide Question - in Iraq - February 07, 2007

I Voted for Him Before He Wasn't Handsome - February 07, 2007

What's up with the Arabs? - February 07, 2007

John Edwards Gets Hawkish on Iran? - February 01, 2007

First Ever Muslim in Israel's Cabinet - February 01, 2007

Is Obama the Messiah? - January 31, 2007

Peres: Israel has no Intention of Attacking Iran - January 31, 2007

Dispelling the Myth of "Martyrdom" - January 31, 2007

Reflections on the Surge and the Future of Iraq (Part 3) - January 25, 2007

Is Obama's Muslim "Problem" a Problem? - January 24, 2007

Reflections on the Surge and the Future of Iraq (Part 2) - January 23, 2007

Reflections on the Surge and the Future of Iraq (Part 1) - January 22, 2007

Stripping for Democracy - January 21, 2007

Muslim Brotherhood to Form New Political Party - January 19, 2007

Discovering Chris Hedges in Granada - January 18, 2007

John Burns, Say it Isn't So - January 16, 2007

For All The Realists: Your Tax Dollars in Action... - January 16, 2007

National Security Temptations - January 11, 2007

Zvika Krieger Guest-Blogging - January 10, 2007

Losing Hope: The 9 Best Songs of 2006 - January 04, 2007

Officiating a Human Sacrifice? - January 04, 2007

What Is and What Should Never Be - January 02, 2007

Saddam's Execution: Oops, Wrong Day - December 31, 2006

Thomas Turns on the Arabs - December 21, 2006

You Knew it Was Coming... - December 19, 2006

The Devil Wears Prada: A Political Parable? - December 19, 2006

Refusing to Accept "Reality" - December 15, 2006

The New "Moral Clarity"? - December 05, 2006

More on Condi's Instability Fetish - December 04, 2006

Realist Means and Neo-Conservative Ends - November 30, 2006

Nouri al-Maliki (and Partition) are Bad for Iraq - November 28, 2006

On Idealism (or, how Christopher Hitchens Lost the Iraq War) - November 23, 2006

Ok, So I'm Not a Liberal? - November 20, 2006

Most Absurd Superlative Contest - November 17, 2006

Stop the Murtha-Mongers - November 16, 2006

When Liberals Sound like Neo-Cons - November 13, 2006

Post-Election Odds and Ends - November 08, 2006

Relief and Redemption - November 08, 2006

How to Really be "Strong" on National Security - November 06, 2006

Marc Grinberg and Ali Eteraz Guest Blogging for DA - November 02, 2006

The War on Ramadan? - November 01, 2006

David Letterman gets Iraq Wrong - October 31, 2006

I Want to Intervene - October 28, 2006

The Left Rediscovers its Love of Manifestos - October 25, 2006

Dispatches from an Angry Taxi Driver - October 24, 2006

Waiting for Futouh - October 23, 2006

The Strange Dementia of Chris Shays, Part II - October 19, 2006

Black Coffee - October 18, 2006

It's Official: Congressman Shays Lives in a Parallel Universe - October 13, 2006

Thank God for Our Antiquated Institutions - October 12, 2006

Abu Aardvark's Puzzle: The Stickiness of Autocracy - October 11, 2006

Despair and its Aftermath - October 10, 2006

Pizza is the New Spaghetti - October 04, 2006

Welcoming the Converts - October 03, 2006

What Comes First - Elections or Institutions? - October 02, 2006

Islam, Andrew Sullivan and The Pope - September 27, 2006

Bill Clinton is Angry - and so am I - September 26, 2006

Bush's Hypocrisy at the UN - September 25, 2006

Tony Judt on "the Strange Death of Liberal America" - September 19, 2006

The Folly/Wisdom of Exporting Democracy - September 14, 2006

Ask it Again: How Divided is the Left? - September 12, 2006

"No One Would Come" - September 12, 2006

Moral Clarity, Inverted - September 11, 2006

Responding to Spencer Ackerman (or, how to cure my democracy "fetish") - August 31, 2006

The Danger and Promise of Democracy Promotion - August 30, 2006

A Proposal for a New Progressive Foreign Policy - August 24, 2006

Do Democrats Have a "Vision Gap" on Foreign Policy? - August 23, 2006

The War Within Islam and How We Can Help Fight It - August 22, 2006

Giving up on Iraqi Democracy? - August 17, 2006

After the Ceasefire: Winners and Losers - August 14, 2006

128 More Nasrallahs on the Streets of Egypt - August 11, 2006

Karen Hughes is Missing - August 10, 2006

Happy Joe - August 09, 2006

“The Sixth War”: 1948, 1956, 1967, 1973, 1982, and, apparently, 2006 - August 03, 2006

The Shifting Tide of Arab Public Opinion - August 02, 2006

Hosni Mubarak, Deep Thinker - August 01, 2006

The Anti- Hezbollah Backlash that Never Came - July 31, 2006

Dust Yourselves Off, and Get Up - July 24, 2006

Depressed About the Middle East? Try Bono - July 24, 2006

$400 Cab Rides to Beirut - July 21, 2006

Behind Hezbollah's Self-Destruction - July 20, 2006

When Things Fall Apart - July 18, 2006

The US, Israel and the 'Democratic Dilemma' - July 17, 2006

The Implosion of the Middle East? - July 16, 2006

Lieberman Head-Butts Ned Lamont? (or the tragic story of an independent, principled Democrat) - July 11, 2006

Bring in the Big Ideas - July 03, 2006

Scrowcroft’s Ghost Continues to Haunt the Hallways of the State Department - June 29, 2006

In the Face of Repression - June 27, 2006

Good News from the Arab World - June 27, 2006

The Problem of Sex - June 22, 2006

A Note to Muslims: Stop Saying Crazy Things - June 19, 2006

What's the Point of Having Karen Hughes Around? - June 15, 2006

When Making Falafel Gets You Killed - June 08, 2006

British Muslims Want Islamic Law...in Britain (but at least their women are attractive) - June 07, 2006

When Democracy and Liberalism Collide - June 05, 2006

I Found My Favorite Evangelical (or, why I think Mike Huckabee is very, very interesting) - June 01, 2006

2010: A Taxi-Cab Odyssey - May 23, 2006

Why Bono Should be our Next Secretary of State - May 18, 2006

How to Join the Friendly Dictator Club and Live to Tell About It - May 16, 2006

Until I Figure Out whether the Iranian President is Crazy... - May 09, 2006

Torture and Silence: This Year's Arab Spring? - May 08, 2006

The Parallel Universe of Academia (or, Chomsky's last stronghold) - May 03, 2006

The Real Muslim Problem: A "Poverty of Dignity" - April 28, 2006

The Distinctly French Love for Dictators - April 24, 2006

The Betrayal of Ayman Nour - April 20, 2006

Do Beliefs Matter? (Not as much as you think) - April 14, 2006

The Antidote to Pollster-Induced Paralysis - April 10, 2006

The Democratic Party and the Fear of Big Ideas - April 04, 2006

Bush Likes Democracy but Doesn't Like Ibrahim al-Jaafari - March 31, 2006

The Democracy Promotion Backlash (and the The Need for a "Third Way") - March 27, 2006

What Does the Democratic Party Believe In? - November 09, 2005

Can Parliamentary Elections be Both Fun and Important ? (The Opposition Gears up For November 9th) - November 07, 2005

The Meaning of "Power" - November 05, 2005

Declarations of a Liberal Interventionist ? - November 05, 2005

Is There Hope ? Yes. (The Emerging Consensus on Democracy Promotion) - November 03, 2005

The Need for a Coherent Policy Toward Political Islam - November 02, 2005

Elections in Egypt: Time to Back Up Our Rhetoric with Action - November 01, 2005

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