This panel focuses on the ongoing struggle between Islamists and liberals in capturing the heart of the Arab revolutions. The discussion highlights key questions, such as: What is democracy in the Middle East? How can countries such as Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya reconcile pluralism with...

From The Iliad to Dispatches to Black Hawk Down, books about wars determine how they are viewed for generations. What are the rules of writing about war, and who should shape the story? Those who serve? Those who observe? Can a novelist ever tell us things a forward-deployed officer cannot? And...