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February 4, 2011 This Week on ForeignAffairs.com This newsletter is sponsored by Case  Western Reserve University. SNAPSHOT The Muslim Brotherhood  After Mubarak Carrie Rosefsky Wickham Portraying the Muslim Brotherhood as eager and able to  seize power and impose its version of sharia on an unwilling  citizenry is a caricature that exaggerates certain features  of the Brotherhood and underestimates the extent to  which the group has changed over time. Read COLLECTION Foreign Affairs Coverage  of the Crisis in Egypt and  the Middle East A collection of continuing Foreign Affairs coverage of the  crisis in Egypt and the Middle East. Read Advertisement: Case Western  Reserve University Case Western Reserve University is one of the  country's leading private research institutions.  Located in Cleveland, we offer a unique combination  of forward-thinking educational opportunities in  an inspiring cultural setting. Our leading-edge  faculty engage in teaching and research in a  collaborative, hands-on environment. Our  nationally recognized programs include arts  and sciences, dental medicine, engineering, law,  management, medicine, nursing and social work.  About 4,200 undergraduate and 5,600 graduate  students compose our student body. Visit case. edu to see how Case Western Reserve thinks  beyond the possible. SNAPSHOT The Psychology of  Food Riots Evan Fraser and Andrew Rimas The connection among rising prices, hunger, and  violent civic unrest seems intuitively logical. But  there was more to Tunisia's food protests than  the logic of the pocketbook. The psychological  element -- a sense of injustice that arises between  seeing food prices rise and pouring a Molotov  cocktail -- is more important. Read ESSAY - JAN/FEB 2011 The Dangers of a  Nuclear Iran Eric S. Edelman, Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr, and  Evan Braden Montgomery Iran's acquisition of a nuclear bomb would upend  the Middle East. It is unclear how a nuclear-armed  Iran would weigh the costs, benefits, and risks of  brinkmanship, meaning that it could be difficult to  deter Tehran from attacking the United States'  interests or partners in the region. Read Foreign Affairs Digital Subscription Prefer a paperless subscription? Check out our  new digital edition. Subscribe now to get full Web  access, more than 50 years of archives online--and  complete digital replicas of print issues.

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