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Egypt and the West: Ten Years of Misunderstandings

2021Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsItalian Institute for International Political StudiesKoert DebeufPaper
January 25, 2021 16:10 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Koert Debeuf Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/egypt-and-west-ten-years-misunderstandings-29017 One month after the Egyptian revolution succeeded and ousted long-time dictator Hosni Mubarak on 11 February 2011, I was in Cairo with a delegation of the European Parliament. From the reactions of many...

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After the Egyptian Spring: Mainstream Islamism and the Move to Radical Movements

2021Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsItalian Institute for International Political StudiesPaperSherin Gharib
January 25, 2021 15:58 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Sherin Gharib Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/after-egyptian-spring-mainstream-islamism-and-move-radical-movements-29016 Ten years after the Arab Spring, Egypt has become more authoritarian than ever. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who came to power through a military coup in June 2013...

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Egypt 2011-2021: What Went Wrong?

2021Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMaged MandourPaper
January 25, 2021 15:37 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/egypt-2011-2021-what-went-wrong-29015 It has been a decade since the mass protests that called for the overthrow of the regime in 2011. These protests triggered a process of deep structural change, in a manner that the protestors did not anticipate...

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Egypt’s “Populocracy”

2021Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMilitary AffairsNathan TorontoPaper
January 25, 2021 15:35 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Nathan W. Toronto Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/egypts-populocracy-29014 If the protests that began in Egypt on January 25, 2011, resulted in a coup-volution,[1] then what has developed since can only be called a populocracy.[2] The military exploited a genuine popular movement in 2011 to...

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Egypt Ten Years Later: What Kind of “Spring”?

2021Bahgat KoranyCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesPaper
January 25, 2021 15:32 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Bahgat Korany Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/egypt-ten-years-later-what-kind-spring-29012 After a decade, Arab Spring countries show socio-political extremes between, for instance, a Tunisia and a neighboring Libya, with Egypt in an intermediary zone. Egypt’s decade witnessed orderly legislative...

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The Road to (In)stability: The Impact of Covid-19 on the Egyptian Economy

2021Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptHealthItalian Institute for International Political StudiesPaperTimothy E. Kaldas
January 25, 2021 15:30 pm
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Source: Timothy E. Kaldas Author(s): Italian Institute for International Political Studies Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/road-instability-impact-covid-19-egyptian-economy-27495 As in many parts of the world, COVID-19 has brought into sharper relief the structural problems in Egypt’s economy. In many respects, these problems are far from new. Egypt’s economy has had...

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Power Rivalry in the Horn: Egypt’s View of Ethiopia’s Tigrayan Woes

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsGiuseppe DenticeHuman RightsItalian Institute for International Political StudiesPaper
December 09, 2020 15:07 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Giuseppe Dentice Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/power-rivalry-horn-egypts-view-ethiopias-tigrayan-woes-28613 “We need to look beyond our immediate issues such as Eritrea, Somalia, and the problems of the two Sudans. Those [are] issues we can handle […]. We face two strategic adversaries...

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Factionalism in the Security Sector: The Dawn of a New Order?

2020Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesKevin KöhlerMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
December 01, 2020 16:42 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Kevin Köhler Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/factionalism-security-sector-dawn-new-order-28503 Egypt’s formal political scene is tightly controlled as President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi strives to institutionalize military rule. However, the significant role played by different elements of the...

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The Old and the New in Egyptian Civil-Military Relations

2020Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMilitary AffairsPaperRisa Brooks
December 01, 2020 15:32 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Risa Brooks Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/old-and-new-egyptian-civil-military-relations-28502 Under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the Egyptian military is tightening its grasp on the economy and strangling civilian politics and society — but this is nothing new. Rather...

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Berenice in the Red Sea Rebus: What’s Still Vague in the Egypt-Saudi Alliance

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEleonora ArdemagniForeign RelationsItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMilitary AffairsPaper
December 01, 2020 15:21 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Eleonora Ardemagni Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/berenice-red-sea-rebus-whats-still-vague-egypt-saudi-alliance-28507 Since 2013, Egypt has been strengthening its naval power: this particularly regards the strategic direction of the Red Sea. In fact, the military declared “strategic zones of...

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Sisi’s Egypt Moves from Military Economy to Family Firm

2020Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMilitary AffairsPaperRobert Springborg
December 01, 2020 15:21 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Robert Springborg Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/sisis-egypt-moves-military-economy-family-firm-28504 When Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi seized power in 2013, he inherited a military economy under the control of the officer corps and primarily serving its economic interests. He...

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The Army is Not the Winner in Border Battlefields

2020Allison McmanusCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMilitary AffairsPaper
December 01, 2020 15:17 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Allison McManus Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/army-not-winner-border-battlefields-28505 As Egypt approaches the ten-year anniversary of uprisings against former president Hosni Mubarak, wins and losses of the past decade have come into a clear focus. The military, above all, has emerged as a...

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