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
Submissions from 2021
Does the Biden Administration Have Time for Foreign Policy?, Basant Samhout
Young People Are Leading Climate Activism in the Middle East, Neeshad Shafi
Leading Israel into an Empty Future, Richard Silverstein
This Watershed Moment for the Land(s) between the River and the Sea, Richard Silverstein
A New Water Paradigm for Sub-Sahara Africa, Djiby Thiam
A New Water Paradigm for Sub-Sahara Africa, Djiby Thiam
A Climate Crisis in Afria: The Case of South Sudan, Nhial Tiitmamer
Can the Arab Region Meet the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030?, Mourad Wahba
Biden Bolstering Diplomacy, Sydeny Wise
Biden Negotiating the Balance of Power, Sydeny Wise
Funding Feminism: Grantmaking for Women's Rights, Sydeny Wise
Saving a Water-Stressed Middle East, Neda Zawahri
Submissions from 2020
A Surplus of Deficits, Amr Adly
How Sudan Transitions, Hamid Eltgani Ali
Turkey's Energy Geopollitics, Meliha Benli Altunisik
Beginning to Resolve Displacement, David Arnold, Lorenza Rossi, Grace Benton, and Nina Stuurman
Deconstructing Fukuyama, Ibrahim Awad
The Prospects for Conflict or Cooperation, Henri J. Barkey and Ellen Laipson
Gas Finds for the People?, Jason Beckett
Receding Multilateralism and the Role of the Dollar in a COVID-19 World, Abel Beshai
The World is Watching the United States, Diana Bartelli Carlin
No Land in Paraguay, William Costa
Averting a Total Collapse, Thomas L. Crisman
Abortion and the Political Futures of Women's Rights, Andrew Delatolla
Greece's Resource Blessing Comes with Hurdles, Antonia Dimou
Society 5.0 and the Future Economies, Hesham Dinana
Libya's Fragmentation, Tim Eaton
Arabs Try to Make Sense of What is Happening in the United States, Dania El Akkawi
Climate Change and COVID-19: There is More Than One Curve to Flatten, Dania El Akkawi
What does a Trump or Biden presidency mean for Israel and Palestine?, Khaled Elgindy
The Most Severe Threat Facing MENA, Nabil Fahmy
Egypt's Most Vulnerable and COVID-19, Elena Habersky
Architect of Enterprise, Alexandra Hall
America Leads by Living up to Its Ideals, Sean David Hobbs
Embracing Change: U.S. Foreign Policy Shifts, Sean David Hobbs
Explaining How Washington and the Election Works, Sean David Hobbs
Will the U.S. Evolve its Foreign Policy from Past Mistakes?, Sean David Hobbs
Islam in America, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
Edge of Survival, Peter J. Jacques
Sustainable Humanism Needed, Peter J. Jacques
It is Time to Establish a Middle East Regional Security System, Peter Jones
Striving for Water and Food Security, Omer Karasapan
Reluctant Power Europe, Kevin Koehler
Annexation Makes No Policy Sense, Daniel C. Kurtzer
COVID-19: Lessons from the Black Death, Peter L. Larson
Will China's E-commerce Reshape a Reopening World?, Cheng Li and Ryan McElveen
Trash Sorters: Entrepreneurs in Africa, Carl Manlan
Strategizing Toward Irrelevance, Alessia Melcangi
The EU and the Med: Is Geography Still Destiny?, James Moran