Paper – Page 49 – Middle East Policy Platform

Obstacles to Renewing Religious Discourse in Egypt: Reasons and Results

2019 Culture, Education and Development Egypt Human Rights Ishak Ibrahim Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

October 31, 2019 18:06 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Ishak Ibrahim Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/obstacles-to-renewing-religious-discourse-in-egypt-reasons-and-results/ In recent years, the Egyptian regime has promoted a new “vision” of Islam, both locally and internationally, to combat terrorism and religious extremism. President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi not only...

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Russia in the Middle East: Jack of All Trades, Master of None

2019 Carnegie Democracy and Politics Egypt Eugene Rumer Foreign Relations Paper

October 31, 2019 17:56 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Eugene Rumer Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/10/31/russia-in-middle-east-jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none-pub-80233 The 2015 Russian military intervention in Syria was a pivotal moment for Moscow’s Middle East policy. Largely absent from the Middle East for the better part of the previous two decades, Russia intervened to save Bashar...

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Egypt’s Challenge of Stateness After the Arab Spring

2019 Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Egypt Khader Sawaed Paper

October 29, 2019 18:05 pm

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Source: The Institute for National Security Studies Author(s): Khader Sawaed Original Link: https://www.inss.org.il/publication/egypts-challenge-of-stateness-after-the-arab-spring/?offset=0&posts=undefined&outher=undefined&from_date=undefined&to_date=undefined The revolution of January 25, 2011 in Egypt, which constituted one of the many upheavals of the Arab Spring, resulted...

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NATO countries should help Egypt mitigate security challenge near Libyan border

2019 Amal Kandeel Atlantic Council Egypt Foreign Relations Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

October 29, 2019 17:52 pm

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Source: Atlantic Council Author(s): Amal Kandeel Original Link: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/nato-countries-should-help-egypt-mitigate-security-challenge-near-libyan-border/ Egypt is facing multiple security challenges for which a military solution is deficient. A complex interplay between internal and external challenges, as well as human and security challenges, is...

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Egypt: GERD and the Predicament of Int’l Mediator

2019 Al-Mahboub Abu-Ali Culture, Education and Development Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Foreign Relations Paper

October 29, 2019 17:34 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Al-Mahmoub Abu-Ali Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-gerd-and-the-predicament-of-intl-mediator/ The Egyptian presidency said in a statement on its Facebook page on October 5, after failure of Khartoum negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), that it was looking forward to an active role by the United States in...

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Tsars and pharaohs: Leadership in the next era of great power competition

2019 Atlantic Council Egypt Foreign Relations Paper Will O'Brien

October 25, 2019 17:33 pm

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Source: Atlantic Council Author(s): Will O’Brien Original Link: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/tsars-and-pharaohs-leadership-in-the-next-era-of-great-power-competition/ On October 23 and 24, African leaders will gather in Sochi, Russia, as Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts the first Russia-Africa Summit, which the Kremlin has described as a strategic...

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Egypt After the 2011 Revolution: Divisions in Postprotest Pathways

2019 Carnegie Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Egypt Hafsa Halawa Human Rights Paper

October 24, 2019 17:38 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Hafsa Halawa Original Link: https://carnegieeurope.eu/2019/10/24/egypt-after-2011-revolution-divisions-in-postprotest-pathways-pub-80141 Much has been written about Egypt’s revolution in 2011. Given that the military retook power only two years later in June 2013, the widespread view is that this revolution failed utterly. However, the protests of 2011 and 2013 left...

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Egypt’s Military Regime and the Muslim Brotherhood

2019 Center for Global Policy Egypt Hassan Hassan Islamic Movements and Institutions Kamran Bokhari Paper

October 23, 2019 19:47 pm

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Source: Center for Global Policy Author(s): Kamran Bokhari and Hassan Hassan Original Link: https://www.cgpolicy.org/articles/egypts-military-regime-and-the-muslim-brotherhood/ Since its tumultuous birth after the coup in 1952, the modern Egyptian republic has been a battleground in the struggle between a military-dominated secular regime and Islamism, most prominently represented by the...

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TIMEP Brief: Use of Surveillance Technology in MENA

2019 Democracy and Politics Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

October 23, 2019 17:30 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Original Link: https://timep.org/reports-briefings/timep-brief-use-of-surveillance-technology-in-mena/ Governments across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have increasingly procured surveillance technology, often from technology firms based in North America and Europe , in...

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Egyptian Women 6 Years after Sisi’s Access to Power

2019 Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Paper Women Affairs

October 22, 2019 17:53 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Monitoring and Documentation Unit Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egyptian-women-6-years-after-sisis-access-to-power/ Since the military coup of July 3, 2013, violations against women in Egypt have unprecedentedly increased. In the past six years, dozens of women have been killed by police forces during sit-ins and protests, and by army...

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Egypt’s latest protests are an alarm bell for Sisi

2019 Alessia Melcangi Atlantic Council Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Economy Egypt Giuseppe Dentice Paper

October 21, 2019 17:45 pm

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Source: Atlantic Council Author(s): Alessia Melcangi and Giuseppe Dentice Original Link: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/egypts-latest-protests-are-an-alarm-bell-for-sisi/ Egypt seems to be getting back to normal after a number of demonstrations against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi that began on September 20. This may be the consequence of the zero-tolerance approach...

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Dimensions of Egypt Stock Exchange Collapse in Sept.

2019 Ahmed Hafez Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Paper

October 21, 2019 17:36 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Ahmed Hafez Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/dimensions-of-egypt-stock-exchange-collapse-in-sept/ The Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) went through difficult sessions of stock market decline during the final week of September 2019, which was described as the second largest decline in the history of the Egyptian Stock Exchange. Most sessions...

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