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Steven A. Cook's day job is as a foreign policy analyst in Washington, DC. His most recent book, "False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East," was published by Oxford University Press in 2017.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (AP/Mohamed El-Shahed)

Egypt goes from bad to worse: Under President Sisi, the nation longs for the good old days of Mubarak

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(Reuters/HBO)

Bill Maher makes us dumber: How ignorance, fear and stupid pop-culture clichés shape Americans’ view of the Middle East

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(Shutterstock/Getty/Fox News/Salon)

Fake news has a long history in the Middle East — and the lessons for Americans are unmistakably dire

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Vladimir Putin (AP/Khalil Hamra/Photo montage by Salon)

Vladimir Putin has a plan to upend the political order of the Middle East. Spoiler alert: It’s working

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Saudi Defence Minister Mohamed bin Salman (L) and Crown Prince and Interior Minister Mohammed bin Nayef attend the 136th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, in the Saudi capital Riyadh, on December 9, 2015 (Getty/Fayez Nureldine)

Should the U.S. maintain its alliance with Saudi Arabia? Unfortunately, we’re stuck with them

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Donald Trump; Derek Harvey; Michael Flynn (Getty/Aude Guerrucci/Mark Wilson/Mandel Ngan)

Our man in the Middle East: The confusing worldview of Trump aide Derek Harvey

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Protestors gather in Tahrir Square on February 1, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt (Getty/Peter Macdiarmid)

Are we experiencing a slow-motion, Turkish-style coup? Or our own Arab Spring?

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The US Embassy building in Tel Aviv. (Getty/Jack Guez)

Moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem is a bad idea for everyone — except Israeli hard-liners and their American friends

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Donald Trump; An image grab of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, taken from Egyptian state TV. (Reuters/Brian Snyder/Getty/AFP/Photo montage by Salon)

Middle East derangement syndrome: Egypt, Turkey and Israel have all fallen prey to delusions about Trump

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