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Recycling pro-regime political elite in Egypt

2020 Democracy and Politics Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Paper Wessam Fauad

December 23, 2020 15:21 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Wessam Fauad Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/recycling-pro-regime-political-elite-in-egypt/ The political elite loyal to the ruling regime in Egypt can be divided into four sub-divisions, namely: 1- The “decision-making elite”: which includes the loyal political elite responsible for making the state’s public policies; 2- The “backing...

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From Free Space to a Tool of Oppression: What Happened to the Internet Since the Arab Spring?

2021 Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Egypt Marwa Fatafta Media Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

December 20, 2020 15:56 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Marwa Fatafta Original Link: As we mark the tenth anniversary of the Arab Spring, we reflect on how increasingly authoritarian digital spaces have become. What tactics have authoritarian Arab governments added to their playbooks since? Read more at original link

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Roundtable: Keeping the Peace in the Nile Basin

2020 Democracy and Politics Egypt Foreign Relations Frezer Getachew Haile Paper Peter Schwartzstein The Century Foundation Timothy E. Kaldas

December 14, 2020 15:47 pm

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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): FREZER GETACHEW HAILE, TIMOTHY E. KALDAS AND PETER SCHWARTZSTEIN Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/keeping-peace-nile-basin/ The world’s longest river is not a happy place. For almost a decade, Egypt and Ethiopia have been locked in a war of words over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which Addis Ababa is building on the Blue...

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2020 Year in Review

2020 Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Egypt Middle East Institute Mirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper

December 14, 2020 14:56 pm

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/2020-year-review A look back at the year’s most important developments with analysis from Paul Salem, Alex Vatanka, Randa Slim, Gerald Feierstein, Gonul Tol, Jonathan M. Winer, Khaled Elgindy, Marvin G. Weinbaum, Mirette F. Mabrouk, Grace Wermenbol, Syed Mohammad Ali, Robert S. Ford, and...

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Medicine on the Margins

2020 Carnegie Egypt Health Michael Young Paper Sherif Mohy El Deen

December 10, 2020 15:05 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Michael Young Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/83414 In an interview, Sherif Mohyeldeen discusses the challenges of healthcare in Egypt’s border areas. Read more at original link

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

2020 Democracy and Politics Egypt Foreign Relations Giuseppe Dentice Human Rights Italian Institute for International Political Studies Paper

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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Geopolitics and human rights in the spotlight as President Sisi visits France

2020 Egypt Foreign Relations Middle East Institute Mirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper

December 07, 2020 15:21 pm

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-end-intra-gcc-dispute-headline-or-hype As timings for state visits go, this one could have been a little better. On Dec. 6 Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi visited France on an official state visit, at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron. Read more at...

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The Arab Spring at Ten Years: What’s the Legacy of the Uprisings?

2020 Civil Society Council On Foreign Relations Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Egypt Kali Robinson Paper

December 04, 2020 15:29 pm

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Source: Council on Foreign Relations Author(s): Kali Robinson Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/article/arab-spring-ten-years-whats-legacy-uprisings Ten years on, the lives of people in Arab Spring countries have improved in certain aspects but worsened in others. CFR.org visualizes the changes in Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen. Read more at original link

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The Massacre of Minarets in Al-Azhar’s Egypt

2020 Amer Abdel Moneim Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper

December 02, 2020 15:12 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Amer Abdel Moneim Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/the-massacre-of-minarets-in-al-azhars-egypt/ Egypt’s mosques are exposed to continued government campaigns to limit their role, disrupt their mission, and reduce their influence in Egyptian society. This hostility to mosques culminated in demolition of scores of them and destruction of...

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

2020 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Italian Institute for International Political Studies Kevin Köhler Military Affairs Paper Security 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

2020 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Italian Institute for International Political Studies Military Affairs Paper Risa 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

2020 Democracy and Politics Egypt Eleonora Ardemagni Foreign Relations Italian Institute for International Political Studies Military Affairs Paper

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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