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Egypt’s Challenging Shift from Counterterrorism to Counterinsurgency in the Sinai

2017 Meirav Malter Ofir Winter Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Institute For National Security Studies

August 24, 2017 05:53 am

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Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Ofir Winter, Meirav Malter Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/egypts-challenging-shift-counterterrorism-counterinsurgency-sinai/ Since June 2017, Egypt has been dealing with a signficant rise in terror attacks in the Sinai Peninsula and inside Egypt by Sinai Province, the Islamic State affiliate. Improving the...

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SPECIAL BRIEFING: Developments in U.S.-Egypt Aid Relationship

2017 Civil Society Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown

August 24, 2017 03:33 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/special-briefing-developments-in-u-s-egypt-aid-relationship/ RECENT DEVELOPMENTS UPDATE, September 7, 2017: On September 6, the office of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), vice-chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, issued a summary of the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations, and...

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Back to Cairo after 6 years

2017 Democracy and Politics Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Francesca Borri Paper

August 23, 2017 03:46 am

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Source: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Francesca Borri Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/back-to-cairo-after-6-years/ Back to Cairo after 6 years Whoever stands against general Sisi, here, ends up in jail, or disappears: it is well known. But it’s kinda normal. Today Egypt is somehow off the radar. Research institutes have no recent report on the country. Even the

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From Reform to Revolution: A Schism in the Muslim Brotherhood and the Rise of Homegrown Jihadism in Mainland Egypt

2017 Alexander Velez-Green Centre For Security Studies Economy Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper

August 23, 2017 03:35 am

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Source: Centre For Security Studies Author(s): Alexander Velez-Green Original Link: http://www.css.ethz.ch/en/services/digital-library/articles/article.html/79e5683c-75a3-4489-9afc-d24add764626/pdf Snapshot: According to Alexander Velez-Green, the Egyptian terrorism landscape is shifting in disturbing ways. For instance, Egypt is confronting the so-called Islamic State’s affiliate Wilayat...

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How likely is a significant split within the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood by 2020?

2017 Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper Shadi Hamid The Brookings Institution William Mccants

August 22, 2017 03:35 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Shadi Hamid, William McCants Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/08/22/how-likely-is-a-significant-split-within-the-egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-by-the-end-of-2020/ We recently put a set of questions to ten expert contributors participating in our Rethinking Political Islam initiative. (See here for the list of scholars.) They are...

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Financing Egypt’s “Missing Middle”

2017 Becky Allen Council On Foreign Relations Economy Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Paper

August 16, 2017 05:55 am

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Source: Council On Foreign Relations Author(s): Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Becky Allen Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/blog/financing-egypts-missing-middle This post is co-authored by Becky Allen, a research associate in the Women and Foreign Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations. The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) recently launched an initiative that will dedicate approximately $1.6...

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Libya Crisis bet. Paris initiative & Cairo role

2017 Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Foreign Relations Khaled Fouad Military Affairs Paper

August 09, 2017 17:45 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Khaled Fouad Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/libya-crisis-bet-paris-initiative-cairo-role/ Introduction The French initiative is an attempt to find a political solution to the Libyan crisis based on the facts on the ground amid sharp differences between Libyan political leaders on the one hand and armed factions on the other. Also, the...

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Tiran and Sanafir: Developments, Dynamics, and Implications

2017 Democracy and Politics Egypt Foreign Relations Judicial Affairs Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown

August 09, 2017 03:38 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/tiran-and-sanafir-developments-dynamics-and-implications/ Summary: On June 24, 2017, President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi officially signed into effect the controversial Tiran and Sanafir agreement, giving Saudi Arabia sovereignty over the two Red Sea islands at the mouth of the...

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Working Paper- The Effect of Mothers’ Employment on Youth Gender Role Attitudes: Evidence From Egypt

2017 Culture, Education and Development Economic Research Forum Economy Maia Sieverding May Gadallah Paper Rania Roushdy Women Affairs Youth

August 01, 2017 05:53 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Maia Sieverding, Rania Roushdy, May Gadallah Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/the-effect-of-mothers-employment-on-youth-gender-role-attitudes-evidence-from-egypt/ Abstract: Cross-nationally, having a working mother during childhood is associated with more egalitarian attitudes among both adult men and women. However, no previous studies...

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Working Paper- How Gender Biased Are Female-Headed Household Transfers in Egypt?

2017 Culture, Education and Development Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Lobna Abdellatif Mohamed Ramadan Paper Sarah Elbakry Women Affairs Youth

August 01, 2017 03:36 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Lobna AbdelLatif, Mohamed Ramadan, Sarah Elbakry Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/how-gender-biased-are-female-headed-household-transfers-in-egypt/ Abstract: In this paper, we claim that the policy of targeting female-headed households’ (FHHs) may generate bias against women in male-headed households (MHHs) who may be more...

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Household behaviour in times of political change: Evidence from Egypt

2017 Cesifo Group Culture, Education and Development Egypt Paper Yvonne Giesing

July 30, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: Cesifo Group Author(s): Yvonne Giesing Original Link: https://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/publications/docbase/DocBase_Content/WP/WP-Ifo_Working_Papers/wp-ifo-2017/12022017237000.html Abstract: Using representative household survey data, we study the short-term microeconomic effects of the Egyptian revolution on household behaviour in terms of education, health expenditure and savings...

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Kafka in Cairo

2017 Chatham House Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Economy Egypt Helen Fitzwilliam Human Rights Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

July 30, 2017 03:33 am

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Source: Chatham House Author(s): Helen Fitzwilliam Original Link: https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/twt/kafka-cairo When the regime of Hosni Mubarak fell during the 2011 revolution, many diaspora Egyptians returned home, bringing with them the latest ideas in science, technology and medicine to build the nascent democracy. But when that modern state failed to materialize, they ran for...

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