In his newly released papers, Osama bin Laden recognized the gravity of the loss of Muslim opinion, though he was powerless and sidelined to halt the decline.
A month before he was killed in a U.S. Navy SEAL te... [Full Article Text.]
Editorial Articles
Fawaz A. Gerges on How the Arab Spring Beat Al Qaeda (View on Newsweek and The Daily Beast.)
Sunday, May 13, 2012 - Newsweek and The Daily Beast
The New Capitalists: Islamists' political economy (View on openDemocracy .)
Friday, May 11, 2012 - openDemocracy
Islamist parties are proving to be the main beneficiaries of the Arab world's political transformation. But their very success in the political arena highlights the huge challenges they face in developing and implementing a... [Full Article Text.]
The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda: Debunking the Terrorism Narrative (View on Huffington Post.)
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 - Huffington Post
The popular uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Bahrain have not only shaken the foundation of the authoritarian order in the Middle East, but they have also hammered a deadly nail in the coffin of a terrorism ... [Full Article Text.]
The irresistible rise of the Muslim Brothers (View on New Statesmen .)
Monday, November 28, 2011 - New Statesmen
For years, the west has feared the Muslim Brotherhood succeeding to the highest levels of Egyptian political power. With Islamists poised to win the lion’s share of seats in Egypt&... [Full Article Text.]
Libyans must draw on the desire to rebuild their abused nation (View on The Independent .)
Saturday, October 22, 2011 - The Independent
How Dangerous Is Anwar al-Awlaki? (View on The New York Times.)
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - The New York Times
With Yemen on the verge of civil war, how aggressive should the U.S. be in trying to kill an American-born cleric?
The Key to Reining Him In
Fawaz A. Gerges is the director of the Middle East... [Full Article Text.]
The Key to Reining Him In
Fawaz A. Gerges is the director of the Middle East... [Full Article Text.]
Al-Qaeda's existential crisis (View on The Washington Post.)
Monday, May 2, 2011 - The Washington Post
Almost 10 years ago, al-Qaeda committed one of the most chilling and brutal attacks in the memory of a generation. The radical politics of a small band of Muslim extremists became everyone’s business and set into motio... [Full Article Text.]
Syria: Can Assad defeat the protesters? (View on BBC News.)
A huge swathe of Syria now resembles a militarised zone - from the town of Homs, north of Damascus, all the way down to Deraa, where the protests first broke out in March.
The Syrian regime has dram... [Full Article Text.]
In Libya, a perilous endgame (View on CNN.com.)
(CNN) -- Almost two weeks of intense bombings and the enforcement of a no-fly zone in Libya by Western-led forces have neither broken the will of Col. Moammar Gadhafi nor subdued his followers. Instead, the ... [Full Article Text.]
Arab unrest: Winners and losers (View on BBC News.)
The revolutionary storm has shaken the Middle East to its very foundation, and regardless of what happens next, the region's state system will never be the same, says Professor Fawaz A Gerges, director of the Middle East Cen... [Full Article Text.]