Links 7-13 February 2017

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• The tradecraft of a political analyst
• The last report from Egypt's El Nadeem Center
• Taking a page from Cossery on Trump and Bannon
• A new look
• Hillary Clinton, Michigan and Arab-Americans
• In Translation: Egyptian minister, the worst job in the world

And the links:

• The Problems with Designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a Foreign Terrorist Organization | POMED
• The New Islamic Media – Project on Middle East Political Science
  Collection of essays.
• First on CNN: Trump nixes Elliott Abrams for State Department job
  First good Trump decision.
• Abrams at State: The Marriage of Trump and the Neocons? « LobeLog
  More like the marriage of Abrams and opportunism.
• A file on Islamic State’s ‘problem’ foreign fighters shows some are refusing to fight- The Washington Post
• CIA’s man in Syria: the rise and fall of a rebel commander
  Great piece by Erika Solomon.
• The colonels shaping Trump's Middle East policyLaura Rozen on the NSC's new MENA hands.
• Hamas leader: Gaza won't harbor individuals who 'aim to harm Egypt'Abu Marzouk says relations with Egypt are "good".
• Yemen Withdraws Permission for U.S. Antiterror Ground Missions - NYT
• CIA Memo: Designating Muslim Brotherhood Could ‘Fuel Extremism’ - POLITICO Magazine
  No kidding.
• Backing Into World War III | Foreign Policy
  Robert Kagan - always the most interesting of the neocons.
• Trump presidency heralds new era of closer ties with Egypt | Reuters
• Syria: 13,000 secretly hanged in Saydnaya military prison - shocking new report | Amnesty International UK
  Homo homini lupus.
• ‘Generation Revolution’: Why Youth Was Not Enough in Egypt - NYT
  Thanassis Cambanis reviews Rachel Apsden's book on youth in Egypt.