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If You’re Going Through Hell, Keep Going: A Guide to Egypt’s Free Float

2016 Allison Mcmanus Economy Mohamed El Dahshan Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

November 04, 2016 05:56 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Mohamed El Dahshan, Allison McManus Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/if-youre-going-through-hell-keep-going-a-guide-to-egypts-free-float/ The wait is over. After months of hints, predictions, and speculation, Egypt’s pound was floated on the market Thursday. Trading that morning at around 8.88 Egyptian pounds (LE) to the...

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Egypt’s Shift from Saudi Arabia to Russia

2016 Carnegie Foreign Relations Maged Mandour Paper

November 03, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/65030 Relations between Saudi Arabia and Egypt, two previously staunch allies, have recently soured. This can be attributed to Egypt’s inability to perform its role as a guarantor of regional Gulf security against growing Iranian hegemony and its desire to cultivate other, less demanding...

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Judicial Militancy Within Red Lines

2016 Carnegie Egypt Judicial Affairs Nathan J. Brown Paper

November 02, 2016 03:39 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Nathan J. Brown Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/64999 When I first visited Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) a quarter of a century ago, it was tucked away in dusty offices in the High Court building in downtown Cairo. The only bar to entering it was figuring out the location. It is now ensconced

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Egypt’s Pragmatic Salafis: The Politics of Hizb al-Nour

2016 Carnegie Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper Stephane Lacroix

November 01, 2016 05:53 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Stephane Lacroix Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/11/01/egypt-s-pragmatic-salafis-politics-of-hizb-al-nour-pub-64902 Snapshot: The Salafi movement in Egypt illustrates that the dynamics of sectarianism are fluid and sometimes contradictory. Over the last five years, the Salafi party, Hizb al-Nour, has taken a pragmatic, flexible approach to...

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Working Paper- Judicial Review in Public-Private Business Contracts in Egypt Evidence from Administrative Court Rulings in Government Tenders and Bids Law Disputes

2016 Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Judicial Affairs Paper Sahar Tohamy

November 01, 2016 03:39 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Sahar Tohamy Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/judicial-review-in-public-private-business-contracts-in-egypt-evidence-from-administrative-court-rulings-in-government-tenders-and-bids-law-disputes/ Abstract: This paper examines the role that administrative court review in Egypt plays in supporting the integrity of public-private business...

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The Military, the Media and Public Perceptions in Egypt: Communication and Civil-Military Relations

2016 Centre For Security Studies Egypt Media Military Affairs Mohamed Elmenshawy Paper Ragnar Weilandt Romuald Bolliger

November 01, 2016 03:34 am

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Source: Centre For Security Studies Author(s): Romuald Bolliger, Mohamed Elmenshawy, Ragnar Weilandt Original Link: http://www.css.ethz.ch/en/services/digital-library/publications/publication.html/6e507b7d-1001-4994-b711-1649d2188e70 Copyright: © 2016 Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) Read the full publication by following the original link.

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How Egypt´s Youth Could Decide the Country´s Future

2016 Centre For Security Studies Economy Eva Nolle Paper Youth

October 30, 2016 05:55 am

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Source: Centre For Security and Counter-Terrorism Studies Author(s): Eva Nolle Copyright: © 2016 Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW) Original Link: http://www.css.ethz.ch/en/services/digital-library/publications/publication.html/d8439fd9-938b-4e0e-816f-978e08fbdfff Read the full publication by following the original link.

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Report: Rethinking U.S. Economic Aid to Egypt

2016 Amy Hawthorne Civil Society Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Military Affairs Paper Pomed Security and Counter-Terrorism

October 30, 2016 03:33 am

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Source: Pomed – Project On Middle East Democracy Author(s): Amy Hawthorne Original Link: http://pomed.org/pomed-publications/new-report-rethinking-u-s-economic-aid-to-egypt/ In a new POMED Report, Rethinking U.S. Economic Aid to Egypt, POMED Deputy Director for Research Amy Hawthorne takes a detailed look at U.S. bilateral economic aid for Egypt. Since the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty...

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Down by Law

2016 Amr Hamzawy Carnegie Economy Egypt Judicial Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

October 20, 2016 03:39 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Hamzawy Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/64914 A few weeks ago, on September 24, the Egyptian Interior Ministry announced that it had arrested seventeen members of the Muslim Brotherhood who were plotting to increase “pessimism” in the country. The ministry informed the public that those arrested represented a “subversive cell” tasked to...

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On Rashid, Egypt’s Latest Mediterranean Tragedy

2016 Human Rights Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Tom Rollins

October 19, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Tom Rollins Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/on-rashid-egypts-latest-mediterranean-tragedy/ September 21, 2016: A boat has sunk off the coast of Rashid in northern Egypt. Hundreds of people—grieving friends and family, concerned local residents—stand by the water, looking out to sea, waiting for a boat to return with...

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Egypt’s Attack on Civil Society

2016 Bahey Eldin Hassan Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Civil Society Democracy and Politics Paper

October 14, 2016 05:52 am

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Source: Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Author(s): Bahey Eldin Hassan Original Link: http://www.cihrs.org/?p=19218&lang=en Compared with some of my fellow Egyptians, I have been lucky. I have received only death threats. Some of my countrymen and women have lost their lives in the struggle for freedom and dignity. My first death threat came 25 years

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The Limits of Fighting Corruption in Egypt

2016 Carnegie Civil Society Egypt Mohamed Abdel Salam Paper

October 13, 2016 03:34 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Mohamed Abdel Salam Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/64852 Hisham Geneina, the former head of the Central Auditing Organization (CAO), Egypt’s main oversight body, is still facing the repercussions of the controversial statement he made at the end of 2015 that corruption had cost Egypt nearly 600 billion Egyptian pounds ($76 billion). Even...

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