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What Would Follow a Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation?

What Would Follow a Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation?

DEEP DIVE — On November 24, 2025, President Trump launched a process to designate Muslim Brotherhood chapters in Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan as [...] More

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Amid Normalization with Israel, Sudan's Future Hangs in the Balance

Gary Grappo is a former U.S. ambassador who held senior positions including Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad; [...] More

OSINT Global Trendline Report

OSINT Global Trendline Report

The Cipher Brief’s Open Source Trend Line Report utilizes open source data on a quarterly basis to track trends around the world that impact national [...] More

Against All Odds: Democratic Progress in Sudan

Bottom Line Up FrontIn a region where popular democratic revolutions have repeatedly been marginalized or crushed through force, Sudan appears to be [...] More

Comparing Algeria and Sudan’s Popular Revolutions

Bottom Line Up FrontAgainst all odds, the popular revolts in Sudan and Algeria both succeeded in forcing the removal of their long-time autocratic [...] More

A Political Breakthrough in Sudan?

Bottom Line Up FrontFollowing months of fighting, Sudan’s current ruling military government and the political opposition have forged a power-sharing [...] More

Sudan Protests Gain Momentum and Are Met With More Bloodshed

Bottom Line Up FrontPro-democracy protesters in Sudan reemerged in full force to demand a transition to a civilian-led government; demonstrations [...] More

The Risks of Civil War in Sudan

Bottom Line Up FrontCivilian pro-democracy protesters were gunned down on Monday by Sudanese security forces in Khartoum, the country’s [...] More

The Struggle for Sudan Spills Across Borders

Bottom Line Up FrontOn May 6, the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) once again pushed for a transfer to civilian rule in Sudan.While the [...] More

Signs of Redemption Amidst Arab Political Upheavals

The anti-regime convulsions currently underway in Algeria and Sudan are the latest version of an “Arab Spring” that erupted in 2011 and that Arab [...] More

Sisi Consolidates Power in Egypt

Bottom Line Up FrontOn April 16, Egypt’s parliament passed amendments to the Constitution that provide President al-Sisi with a path forward to [...] More

The Toxic Half-Life of Strongman Rule

Bottom Line Up FrontTime favors strongman regimes, as leaders alternate between stalling tactics, physical violence and belated promises of reform to [...] More

A Tenuous Peace Deal in the Central African Republic

Bottom Line UpfrontEarlier this month, fourteen armed groups from Central African Republic agreed to a peace agreement following talks in Khartoum, [...] More