The Cairo Review of Global Affairs is the quarterly journal of the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) at American University in Cairo (AUC). It is a focal point for policymakers, officials, academics, experts, journalists, students, and others in the Middle East region who follow global affairs. It is also a platform that gives perspectives from the region a voice in international policy conversations and debates.

The Cairo Review strives to be the premier global affairs and public policy journal in the Middle East. In print and online, it seeks to take its place among leading international journals distinguished by its Middle East accent. To that end, the Cairo Review aims to be a media organization from the region that maintains the highest professional standards and recruits top-notch writers to contribute to its vision.

  • Managing Editors: Firas Al-Atraqchi, Karim Haggag
  • Senior Editor: Nadeen Shaker
  • Deputy Senior Editor: Omar Auf
  • Associate Editor: Abigail Flynn
  • Contributing Editors: Sydney Wise, Leslie Cohen, Sean David Hobbs, Ariana Bennett

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Submissions from 2012

Lost in the Middle East, Amaney A. Jamal

Sailboat Diplomacy, Stephen Kalin

Outlook for Obamacare, Katie Keith and Tanya Baytor

Democracy's Growing Pains, Ashraf Khalil

Exceptional People, Shaden Khallaf

Refugee Limbo, Shaden Khallaf

American Media Bias, Rami G. Khouri

A Deep, Deep Sleep, Tom Kutsch

Long View, Fritz Lodge

A New Voice for Israel, Scott MacLeod

"I don't have a crystal ball", Scott MacLeod

Strategic Patience, Scott MacLeod

Strategic Thinking, Scott MacLeod

To Mars and Beyond, Scott MacLeod

Dealing with Iran, Reza Marashi

Energy Justice, Clark A. Miller

Inside the Cage, Nancy Okail

The Fall of Hosni Mubarak, Tarek Osman

The Second Egyptian Republic, Tarek Osman

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Sheila Peuchaud

Canadidates in the 2012 Egyptian Presidental Election, Thomas Plofchan

Witness to an Election, and to History, Thomas Plofchan

Erdogan's Decade, Hugh Pope

"Freedom, Freedom, Come, Embrace Us", Mona Prince

Our Carbon Footprint, Marc Rauch and Richard Tutwiler

Cairo: A Memoir, Eric Rouleau

That Used to Be Us, Tarek Selim

Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad, Lara Setrakian

Twilight of the Elites, Maggie Severns

Midan el-Tahrir, Ahdaf Soueif

Revolution 2.0, Wendell Steavenson

Liars, Judith Veenkamp

Chomsky in Tahrir, Madeline B. Welsh

Elections, American-Style, Madeline B. Welsh

Images of War, Madeline B. Welsh

Oriental Hall, Etc 4, Madeline B. Welsh

Oriental Hall, Etc 5, Madeline B. Welsh

Oriental Hall, Etc 6, Madeline B. Welsh

Oriental Hall, Etc 7, Madeline B. Welsh

Assault on Human Rights, Daniel Willams

Boomerang, Hassan Yassin

Now, the Education Revolution, Malak Zaalouk

We Must Dream, Ahmed Zewail

Submissions from 2011

The Revolution Will be Tweeted, Rasha A. Abdulla

Narrating the Revolution, Alaa Al Aswany

Arab Voices, Hafez Al Mirazi

Brazil and the Middle East, Celso Amorim

"I Didn't See it Coming", Hossam Badrawi

Joining Hezbollah, Nicholas Blanford

A University and a Revolution, Lauren E. Bohn