Yezid Sayigh Yezid Sayigh is a senior associate at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. Egypt | Jan 8, 2013 Morsi and Egypt's Military Yezid Sayigh analyzes Egypt's civil military relations under President Mohammed Morsi. Palestine | Sep 20, 2012 Palestine to Bid For Observer Status at UN General Assembly The Palestinian Authority will seek non-member observer status for Palestine at the UN. The PA has a good chance of securing the majority vote it needs, but some member-states may oppose or abstain if they come under sufficient US pressure, writes Yezid Sayigh. The PA has good reason to hesitate on going through with a formal application. Egypt | Jun 30, 2012 Morsi Versus the Military Council Despite the SCAF’s ever tightening grip on key Egyptian political institutions, President Mohammed Morsi still has room to lay the groundwork for democracy, writes Yezid Sayigh. Morsi needs to both challenge the SCAF and forge a working relationship with any new parliament in order to consolidate meaningful civilian authority. Lebanon | May 30, 2012 Is Direct Syrian Intervention In Lebanon Inevitable? The danger of the Syria crisis spilling over Lebanese borders is increasing by the day, writes Yezid Sayigh, of the Carnegie Middle East Center. If that happens, Lebanon will edge closer to the tipping point of its own delicate internal balance. Latest News White House urges 'peaceful' campus protests after hundreds arrested Agence France-Presse | AFP | Apr 28, 2024 Gaza puppet maker turns tins into toys in ruins of war Agence France-Presse | AFP | Apr 28, 2024 Huthi attacks no threat to Saudi resorts: minister by Robbie Corey-Boulet | AFP | Apr 28, 2024 See more Podcasts Inside an American university encampment Sister of Israeli-Russian scholar Elizabeth Tsurkov, who is being held by Iran-backed Shiite militia, calls for US military sanctions on Iraq From döner diplomacy to NATO demands, a week in Turkish foreign policy See more
Egypt | Jan 8, 2013 Morsi and Egypt's Military Yezid Sayigh analyzes Egypt's civil military relations under President Mohammed Morsi.
Palestine | Sep 20, 2012 Palestine to Bid For Observer Status at UN General Assembly The Palestinian Authority will seek non-member observer status for Palestine at the UN. The PA has a good chance of securing the majority vote it needs, but some member-states may oppose or abstain if they come under sufficient US pressure, writes Yezid Sayigh. The PA has good reason to hesitate on going through with a formal application.
Egypt | Jun 30, 2012 Morsi Versus the Military Council Despite the SCAF’s ever tightening grip on key Egyptian political institutions, President Mohammed Morsi still has room to lay the groundwork for democracy, writes Yezid Sayigh. Morsi needs to both challenge the SCAF and forge a working relationship with any new parliament in order to consolidate meaningful civilian authority.
Lebanon | May 30, 2012 Is Direct Syrian Intervention In Lebanon Inevitable? The danger of the Syria crisis spilling over Lebanese borders is increasing by the day, writes Yezid Sayigh, of the Carnegie Middle East Center. If that happens, Lebanon will edge closer to the tipping point of its own delicate internal balance.
White House urges 'peaceful' campus protests after hundreds arrested Agence France-Presse | AFP | Apr 28, 2024
Sister of Israeli-Russian scholar Elizabeth Tsurkov, who is being held by Iran-backed Shiite militia, calls for US military sanctions on Iraq