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Whatever is the Matter With Egypt? Nothing All That New

2015 Council On Foreign Relations Democracy and Politics Egypt Paper Steven A. Cook

August 10, 2015 03:46 am

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Source: Council On Foreign Relations Author(s): Steven A. Cook Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/blog/whatever-matter-egypt-nothing-all-new My friend Hisham Melham, Al Arabiya’s Washington bureau chief, dean of the Beltway-based Arab press corps, farmer, and intellectual with few peers, wrote a piece that appeared over the weekend called “Whatever is the matter with Egypt?” It is a terrific...

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Sisi’s regime is a gift to the Islamic State

2015 Democracy and Politics Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Shadi Hamid The Brookings Institution

August 07, 2015 05:54 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Shadi Hamid Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2015/08/07/sisis-regime-is-a-gift-to-the-islamic-state/ Editor’s note: By any measurable standard, Egypt is more vulnerable to violence and insurgency today than it had been before the Arab Spring. Since the overthrow of former President Mohammed Morsi in 2013, Egypt has seen shocking levels...

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THE NEW COUNTERTERRORISM LAW: ANOTHER BLOW TO THE CONSTITUTION, ENCOURAGES EXTRA JUDICIAL KILLING

2015 Democracy and Politics Egypt Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Unknown

August 01, 2015 03:39 am

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Source: Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://eipr.org/sites/default/files/reports/pdf/the_new_counterterrorism_law.pdf Introduction On 7 July, a group of political parties, rights organizations, and public figures issued a statement urging a delay in the issuance of the proposed counterterrorism law pending a broad, genuine social dialogue on the...

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Who Is Running the Egyptian State?

2015 Carnegie Democracy and Politics Egypt Katie Bentivoglio Nathan J. Brown Paper

July 31, 2015 03:46 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Nathan J. Brown, Katie Bentivoglio Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2015/07/31/who-is-running-egyptian-state-pub-60918 For scholars and many journalists, most non-democratic regimes look the same: they are led and designed by autocratic dictators—or sometimes by small cliques—according to the leader’s whims and interests. “Pinochet’s Chile” was...

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Egypt’s Parties Face Marginalization Once Again

2015 Carnegie Democracy and Politics Khaled Dawoud Paper

July 23, 2015 05:56 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Khaled Dawoud Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/60824 As Egypt gears up for its first parliamentary elections since President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi seized power in 2013, secular political parties—especially the small, pro-democracy ones that emerged following the 2011 Revolution—are unlikely to play a significant role. The new election law...

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Egypt’s Next Phase: Sustainable Instability

2015 Democracy and Politics Michael Wahid Hanna Paper The Century Foundation

July 01, 2015 05:56 am

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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Michael Wahid Hanna Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/egypts-next-phase-sustainable-instability/ Snapshot: Two years after Egypt’s July 2013 coup that ousted President Mohamed Morsi, the country is entering a new and unsettled phase in its ill-fated post–Hosni Mubarak political transition. The air of instability in the run-up to this...

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Washington’s Egypt Dilemma

2015 Carnegie Democracy and Politics Foreign Relations Michele Dunne Paper

June 23, 2015 05:54 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michele Dunne Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2015/06/23/washington-s-egypt-dilemma-pub-60476 A year since President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi took office, human rights abuses in Egypt are occurring “at an unprecedented level,” says Michele Dunne, an Egypt specialist at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Nevertheless, she...

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Decision Making in Egypt: What Has Changed Since Mubarak?

2015 Ahmed Abd Rabou Democracy and Politics Egypt Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

June 16, 2015 03:47 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Ahmed Abd Rabou Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/decision-making-in-egypt-what-has-changed-since-mubarak/ Since former president Hosni Mubarak was ousted, Egypt has experienced political and economic instability and a pronounced lack of security. Having previously been governed under a stable, if unproductive, political...

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Egyptian Instability Looms as Morsi’s Fate Hangs in Balance

2015 Amr Leheta Democracy and Politics International Peace Institute Judicial Affairs Paper

June 03, 2015 05:54 am

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Source: International Peace Institute Author(s): Amr Leheta Original Link: https://theglobalobservatory.org/2015/06/morsi-egypt-sisi-muslim-brotherhood/ This week a Cairo court postponed its final ruling on a death sentence handed to former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi and more than a hundred others implicated in a 2011 prison break. As significant as the initial punishment was, it was...

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Germany Welcomes Egypt’s Sisi

2015 Carnegie Democracy and Politics Foreign Relations Human Rights Judy Dempsey Paper

June 01, 2015 05:53 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Judy Dempsey Original Link: http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/60260 For many months, Egypt’s top diplomats have been trying to persuade Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, to invite Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to Berlin. And for many months, Merkel refused. She insisted that Egypt should first hold parliamentary elections. Elections...

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Egypt’s Short and Long-Term Challenges

2015 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Islamic Movements and Institutions Middle East Institute Paper Paul Salem Security and Counter-Terrorism

May 27, 2015 03:33 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Paul Salem Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/egypts-short-and-long-term-challenges In the year since being elected to the presidency, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has consolidated a ruling coalition, restored economic growth, and brought back considerable stability to the country after four years of turmoil. But this has come with a harsh crackdown...

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Egypt: Between Chaos, Authoritarianism, and Democracy

2015 Amr El-Shokabi Democracy and Politics Egypt Middle East Institute Paper

May 13, 2015 03:46 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Amr El-Shokabi Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/node/20431 The literature on democratic transitions from the last 50 years has emphasized the process of transforming an authoritarian state into a democracy. Much has been written about negotiations between ancien regimes and democratic forces, particularly the bridges that must be made between elements...

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