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Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan Is in the Works. What Does the Region Think?

2019CarnegieEgyptFederiga BindiForeign RelationsIntissar FakirJake WallesMarwan MuasherMichele DunnePaperSarah YerkesYasmine FaroukZaha Hassan
June 24, 2019 17:14 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): ZAHA HASSAN, SARAH YERKES, YASMINE FAROUK, MICHELE DUNNE, MARWAN MUASHER, INTISSAR FAKIR, FEDERIGA BINDI, JAKE WALLES Original Link:  https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/06/24/trump-s-middle-east-peace-plan-is-in-works.-what-does-region-think-pub-79365 Since taking office, U.S. President Donald Trump has said he wants to strike a peace deal between Israelis and...

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Sarah Yerkes

Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsExpertForeign RelationsSarah Yerkes
January 30, 2018 00:04 am
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Sarah Yerkes is a fellow in Carnegie’s Middle East Program, where her research focuses on Tunisia’s political, economic, and security developments as well as state-society relations in the Middle East and North Africa. She has been a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution and a Council on Foreign Relations international affairs fellow and has taught

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Could the latest blunder by Egypt’s Sissi be the nail in his coffin?

2016Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsForeign RelationsPaperSarah YerkesThe Brookings Institution
April 25, 2017 05:52 am
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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Sarah Yerkes Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/04/25/could-the-latest-blunder-by-egypts-sissi-be-the-nail-in-his-coffin/ Today, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is witnessing the most vocal and angry objection to his rule since he took power via a military coup in 2013. Across Cairo and beyond, Egyptians are gathering and...

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What Egypt under Sissi is really like for Coptic Christians

2016EgyptMinoritiesPaperSarah YerkesThe Brookings Institution
June 20, 2016 03:34 am
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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Sarah Yerkes Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/06/20/what-egypt-under-sissi-is-really-like-for-coptic-christians/ Last month in Minya, Egypt, a 70-year-old Christian woman was beaten and dragged through the streets naked by a mob because her son was suspected of having an affair with a Muslim woman. Horrors like these have renewed...

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Why an Italian student’s murder in Egypt could spell big trouble for the Sissi regime

2016Foreign RelationsPaperSarah YerkesSecurity and Counter-TerrorismThe Brookings Institution
February 23, 2016 05:53 am
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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Sarah Yerkes Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/02/23/why-an-italian-students-murder-in-egypt-could-spell-big-trouble-for-the-sissi-regime/ Over the course of my career, I have watched Egypt’s transformation from an authoritarian state to a revolutionary one and back again. But last month’s murder of Italian graduate student Giulio...

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