I think President Barack Obama came to office with quite fundamental understandings in his mind about what's possible and what's not possible in the Middle East. The first, I would say, revolutionary breakthrough that he introduced is that the Middle… — Vali Nasr Copy Share Image
A timely and incisive look into the history, politics, and future of the Muslim Brotherhood by the foremost expert on Islamism in Egypt. Carrie… — Vali Nasr Copy Share
I think President Barack Obama came to office with quite fundamental understandings in his mind about what's possible and what's not possible in the… — Vali Nasr Copy Share
My time in the Obama administration turned out to be a deeply disillusioning experience. — Vali Nasr Copy Share
“Heed not the blind eye, the echoing ear, nor yet the tongue, but bring to this great debate the test of reason. —Parmenides” — Vali Nasr Copy Share
President Barack Obama started by accepting the military's counterinsurgency, but came out of Afghanistan having decided that counterinsurgency actually doesn't work. — Vali Nasr Copy Share
What you have in Iraq is not just a society coming apart like Yugoslavia or Congo. What is at stake is not just Iraq's… — Vali Nasr Copy Share
