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Unrest in Egypt

Photo courtesy of Adam Makary/Al Jazeera Patrick Doherty, director of the Smart Strategy Initiative, writes on CNN.com that the U.S. should not miss this opportunity to transform our entire approach to the region.

Daniel Levy, co-director of the Middle East Task Force, weighs in on the implications for U.S. relations with Israel and the rest of the region and Parag Khanna explores the "Middle East First" foreign policy that he says complicates the U.S. role in the crisis.

As events in Egypt continue to unfold, follow news and analysis on the Middle East Channel -- a joint project of Foreign Policy and New America.

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The Longest WarTen years after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, author and counterterrorism expert Peter Bergen offers his perspective on the conflict that has become the longest war in U.S. history. The Longest War examines early strategic blunders by the U.S. and the ongoing failure of al-Qaeda to sway the hearts of the Muslim world.