Sharif Abdel Kouddous is an independent journalist based in Cairo. He is a correspondent for Democracy Now!, a fellow at the Nation Institute and a member of the media collective Mosireen. Sharif Abdel Kouddous
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Khaled Ashour is an Egyptian media man, founder of ‘Moraselon’ network, and former member of the Egyptian Media Production City’s Board of Directors. Mr. Ashour has obtained professional diplomas in ‘international relations’ and ‘media and political promotion’. https://en.eipss-eg.org/author/khaled-ashour/
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Abdelhafez Alsawy Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egyptian-military-destruction-of-economy-1/ I- Decline in Egyptian Exports The Egyptian Economy has suffered a consistent decline in all sectors during the last five years, especially after the military coup in July, 2013, in spite of the enormous support provided to the Egyptian regime...
Learn MoreDiplomatic source: ‘Prompt’ pardons for 32 Ethiopian nationals sign of ‘growing strategic relationship’ with Egypt
Source: Madamasr Author(s): Hadeer El-Mahdawy Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/06/11/feature/politics/diplomatic-source-prompt-pardons-for-32-ethiopian-nationals-sign-of-growing-strategic-relationship-with-egypt/ Egypt pardoned 32 Ethiopian nationals held in Egyptian prisons on Monday, following a request submitted by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to President Abdel Fattah...
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Source: Carnegie Middle East Center Author(s): Yasser El-Shimy Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/2018/05/18/middle-east-s-new-battle-lines-pub-76402 Riyadh and its Gulf allies view Cairo as a pivotal security partner. With the largest – and, arguably, most effective – standing military in the Arab world, Egypt has offered to become the ultimate bulwark of Gulf Arab national security. At...
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Amal Kandeel Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/article/egypt-s-stability-threatened-ethiopian-dam-defies-international-norms It is a travesty of unspeakable proportions that in the 21st century the construction of a mega-hydropower-generation project, the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)—whose reservoir can store almost all the annual flow...
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Source: POMED Author(s): N/A Original Link: http://pomed.org/fact-sheet-u-s-military-assistance-to-egypt-separating-fact-from-fiction/ Ahead of Vice President Mike Pence’s planned trip to Cairo this weekend, two new POMED fact sheets illustrate the complicated military assistance relationship between the United States and Egypt. Below, the fact sheet “U.S. Military Assistance to Egypt...
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author: Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-transformation-of-armys-doctrine-toward-israel/ A military doctrine could be defined as: the traditions, values, and experiences that govern the behavior and attitudes of the military institution in public life; or as: the identification of enemies and the threats and how to get prepared...
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Source: Atlantic Council Author: J. Peter Pham Orignal Link: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africasource/grand-ethiopian-renaissance-dam-marks-milestone-approaches-completion The April 2 anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in 2011 passed largely unremarked amid the cascade of momentous news coming recently from Ethiopia...
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Rauf Mammadov is resident scholar on energy policy at The Middle East Institute. He focuses on issues of energy security, global energy industry trends, as well as energy relations between the Middle East, Central Asia and South Caucasus. He has a particular emphasis on the post-Soviet countries of Eurasia. Prior to joining MEI, Mammadov held
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Andrew McGregor is Director of Aberfoyle International Security, a Toronto-based agency specializing in security issues related to the Islamic world. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto’s Dept. of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations in 2000 and is a former Research Associate of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs. In October 2007 he
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