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Iraq-Jordan-Egypt Entente Moves Ahead Despite the GCC’s Shadow

2022Arab Center Washington DCDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsGregory AftandilianPaper
July 19, 2022 14:15 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Gregory Aftandilian Original Link: https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/iraq-jordan-egypt-entente-moves-ahead-despite-the-gccs-shadow/ President Joe Biden’s recent visit to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia was dominated by controversy stemming from his meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), which drew media attention away from the presence of...

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Egypt’s National Dialogue: Real Change or Merely a Mirage?

2022Arab Center Washington DCDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptKhalil Al AnaniPaper
July 13, 2022 14:04 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Khalil Al-Anani Original Link: https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/egypts-national-dialogue-real-change-or-merely-a-mirage/ On April 26, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi called for a national dialogue that he claimed would include all of the country’s political forces, without exception or discrimination. Sisi’s call—the first he has made since...

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Insurgency in Sinai: Challenges and Prospects

2022Arab Center Washington DCDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptKhalil Al AnaniMilitary AffairsPaperSinai
June 10, 2022 14:30 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Khalil Al-Anani Original Link: https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/insurgency-in-sinai-challenges-and-prospects/ In May 2022, at least 16 Egyptian troops were killed in two separate attacks in the Sinai Peninsula. The attacks were claimed by Wilayat Sinai or Sinai Province (SP), Egypt’s branch of the so-called Islamic State (IS), which has been...

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Gulf Countries’ Aid to Egypt: It Is Politics, Not the Economy, Stupid!

2022Arab Center Washington DCDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsKhalil Al AnaniPaper
May 05, 2022 14:19 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Khalil Al-Anani Original Link: https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/gulf-countries-aid-to-egypt-it-is-politics-not-the-economy-stupid/ On April 4, 2022, Gulf Arab countries pledged $22 billion to help Egypt avert a currency crisis resulting from the Russian war on Ukraine. The Egyptian pound lost about 14 percent of its value to the dollar...

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Russia’s War on Ukraine: Egypt’s Limited Room for Maneuver

2022Arab Center Washington DCDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsKhalil Al AnaniPaper
April 06, 2022 14:00 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Khalil Al-Anani Original Link: https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/russias-war-on-ukraine-egypts-limited-room-for-maneuver/ The Russian war on Ukraine will have significant impacts on countries in the Middle East, ranging from strategic realignments to energy security and food supplies. For Egypt, the war is expected to have a major impact on its...

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Sisi Intensifies Arms Imports to Secure External Support for His Policies

2022Arab Center Washington DCDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsKhalil Al AnaniMilitary AffairsPaper
February 28, 2022 15:13 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Khalil Al-Anani Original Link: https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/sisi-intensifies-arms-imports-to-secure-external-support-for-his-policies/ Egypt has become the third largest arms importer in the world, according to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The institute’s “Trends in International Arms Transfers” report reveals that...

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Sisi’s Transnational Repression: Silencing Political Dissidents in Exile

2022Arab Center Washington DCCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsKhalil Al AnaniPaper
January 26, 2022 14:59 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Khalil Al-Anani Original Link: https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/sisis-transnational-repression-silencing-political-dissidents-in-exile/ On January 6, the FBI arrested Pierre Girgis, an Egyptian American, for spying on critics of Egypt’s president in the United States. According to the US Department of Justice, Girgis was indicted by a Manhattan...

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Sudan Coup: The Regional Interference behind a Faltering Transition

2021Arab Center Washington DCDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsKhalil Al AnaniMilitary AffairsPaper
December 11, 2021 15:22 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Khalil Al-Anani Original Link: https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/sudan-coup-the-regional-interference-behind-a-faltering-transition/ On October 25, 2021, Sudan’s General Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan staged a coup, declared a state of emergency, dissolved the power-sharing Sovereign Council, sacked the civilian government, and temporarily detained Prime...

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Agreements and Tensions in US-Egyptian Relations

2021Arab Center Washington DCDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsPaperSahar Khamis
December 02, 2021 15:42 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Sahar Khamis Original Link: https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/agreements-and-tensions-in-us-egyptian-relations/ The US-Egypt strategic dialogue was held in Washington, DC in early November between Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his American counterpart, Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Initially launched under President Bill...

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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood: Old Problems and New Divisions

2021Arab Center Washington DCEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsKhalil Al AnaniPaper
November 03, 2021 14:52 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Khalil al-Anani Original Link: https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/egypts-muslim-brotherhood-old-problems-and-new-divisions/ Since its removal from power in 2013, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt continues to face many problems and challenges. Having always prided itself on being the most cohesive, disciplined, and united Islamist movement, the group...

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Growing Relations between Egypt and Russia: Strategic Alliance or Marriage of Convenience?

2021Arab Center Washington DCDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsKhalil Al AnaniPaper
September 27, 2021 14:31 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Khalil al-Anani Original Link: https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/growing-relations-between-egypt-and-russia-strategic-alliance-or-marriage-of-convenience/ On August 22nd, Egypt’s Minister of Defense and Military Production Mohammad Zaki made a trip to Russia with a high-level military delegation. Zaki attended the seventh meeting of the...

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Arab Women Political Prisoners Jailed by US Middle East Allies

2021Arab Center Washington DCDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsPaperSahar KhamisWomen Affairs
September 09, 2021 14:07 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Sahar Khamis Original Link: https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/arab-women-political-prisoners-jailed-by-us-middle-east-allies/ When President Joe Biden was sworn in on January 20th as the 46th president of the United States, America’s friends in particular hoped that his administration would take a strong moral stand against all human rights...

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