Democracy and Politics – Page 49 – Middle East Policy Platform

Regional Agreements and Authoritarian Measures in Egypt

2017 Democracy and Politics Egypt Foreign Relations Mohamad Adam Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

June 02, 2017 03:39 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Mohamad Adam Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/regional-agreements-and-authoritarian-measures-in-egypt/ Last Monday, a picture was taken in Saudi Arabia of a glowing globe controlled by the six hands of the King Salman of Saudi Arabia, President Donald Trump of the United States, and President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi of...

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A Fragile Egypt in a Changing World: Six Years After the Revolution

2017 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Human Rights Media Minorities Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown Women Affairs Youth

May 25, 2017 03:33 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/a-fragile-egypt-in-a-changing-world-six-years-after-the-revolution/ Amid turmoil in the Middle East and changes in world leadership, much has been made of Egypt’s stability, but already in 2017 we have seen how much of this is illusory, with terrorism, sectarianism, and...

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A Dispensable Dictator?

2017 Carnegie Democracy and Politics Egypt Nathan J. Brown Paper

May 05, 2017 03:46 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Nathan J. Brown Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/68791 Since July 2013, Egyptian politics has seemed grimly predictable, with authoritarianism reestablishing itself firmly in the country, challenged only at the margins, or through terrorism and insurgency. Most of the lively politics of the immediate post-2011 period has all but ceased. Indeed...

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Egypt Back Under Emergency Law

2017 Carnegie Democracy and Politics Egypt Judicial Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sherif Mohy El Deen

May 05, 2017 03:39 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Sherif Mohy El Deen Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/69886 On April 9, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi signed a decree imposing a three-month state of emergency for the entire country. This move came the same day bombings at the St. George’s Church in Tanta and the St. Mark’s Church in Alexandria claimed around 45 lives

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Could the latest blunder by Egypt’s Sissi be the nail in his coffin?

2016 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Foreign Relations Paper Sarah Yerkes The Brookings Institution

April 25, 2017 05:52 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Sarah Yerkes Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/04/25/could-the-latest-blunder-by-egypts-sissi-be-the-nail-in-his-coffin/ Today, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is witnessing the most vocal and angry objection to his rule since he took power via a military coup in 2013. Across Cairo and beyond, Egyptians are gathering and...

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Egypt’s Human Rights Movement Repression, Resistance, and Co-optation

2017 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Human Rights Khaled Mansour Paper The Century Foundation

April 17, 2017 05:52 am

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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Khaled Mansour Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/egypts-human-rights-movement/ Snapshot: Since the mid-1980s, the number of Egyptian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) focusing on human rights has grown rapidly. But despite the proliferation of organizations, the human rights movement in Egypt has never been very effective, and is now...

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Egypt | Does Egypt’s President Really Want to Fight Terrorism?

2017 Bahey Eldin Hassan Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Democracy and Politics Human Rights Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

April 12, 2017 05:54 am

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Source: Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Author(s): Bahey Eldin Hassan Original Link: http://www.cihrs.org/?p=19817&lang=en The Islamic State’s affiliate in Egypt is on the march. On Palm Sunday, a pair of bombs killed 45 people at church. This was the third major attack on Coptic churches in less than four months — and the first such attack recently in major

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Egypt’s Resilient and Evolving Social Activism

2017 Amr Hamzawy Carnegie Civil Society Democracy and Politics Paper

April 05, 2017 05:52 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Hamzawy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2017/04/05/egypt-s-resilient-and-evolving-social-activism-pub-68578 Snapshot: With the decline of party politics in Egypt, social activism is becoming increasingly relevant in the fight against the government’s new authoritarian policies and tactics. While Egypt’s ruling generals have developed a...

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Egypt is Trump country

2017 Democracy and Politics Egypt Foreign Relations Paper Shadi Hamid The Brookings Institution

April 04, 2017 03:39 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Shadi Hamid Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/04/04/egypt-is-trump-country/ In one of his first acts in office, President Donald Trump phoned his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah el-Sissi. The symbolism was telling: Sissi wasn’t just another Arab autocrat but one of the region’s most repressive. The Trump-Sissi mutual...

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How Sisi Is Destabilising Egypt

2017 Amr Hamzawy Carnegie Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

April 02, 2017 03:40 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Hamzawy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2017/04/02/how-sisi-is-destabilising-egypt-pub-68518 Since 2013, Egypt’s new authoritarian government has systematically widened its repression of the opposition to targets beyond the Islamist spectrum. Voices of dissent have been targeted, including businessmen whose refusal to provide...

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Egypt’s Secular Political Parties: A Struggle for Identity and Independence

2017 Amr Hamzawy Carnegie Democracy and Politics Michele Dunne Paper

March 31, 2017 05:56 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michele Dunne, Amr Hamzawy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2017/03/31/egypt-s-secular-political-parties-struggle-for-identity-and-independence-pub-68482 Snapshot: Secular political parties in Egypt have always been caught between an overbearing state and a largely Islamist opposition. The brief, chaotic political opening from 2011 to 2013...

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Policy Brief- Mubarak Freed, Egypt Shrugs

2017 Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Foundation For Defence Of Democracies Judicial Affairs Oren Kessler Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

March 24, 2017 03:39 am

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Source: Foundation For Defence Of Democracies Author(s): Oren Kessler Original Link: http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/oren-kessler-mubarak-freed-egypt-shrugs/ Hosni Mubarak was freed Friday from a military hospital in the Cairo suburb of Maadi, six years after massive crowds ousted him in the seminal episode of the Arab Spring. The former president’s release, which just a few years ago...

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