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Dateline Egypt: Roadmaps, Refinancing, and Regional Roles

2015 Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Middle East Institute Paper Paul Salem Security and Counter-Terrorism

October 29, 2015 03:38 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Paul Salem Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/dateline-egypt-roadmaps-refinancing-and-regional-roles In the past ten days Egypt held a first round of parliamentary elections, announced renewed loan talks with the IMF, experienced new clashes with militants in the Sinai, and joined multinational talks to end the war in Syria. These headlines...

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What’s Behind Renewed Egyptian–Saudi Ties

2015 Carnegie Foreign Relations Mohamed El-Shewy Paper

October 15, 2015 05:54 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Mohamed El-Shewy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/61661 Egyptian–Saudi relations are witnessing an apparent renewal. Seemingly unshakeable in the immediate aftermath of the military-backed removal of Mohamed Morsi in 2013, ties between the two countries have been notably tense since the beginning of 2015. But grudging necessity, not trust...

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Egypt: Pressure Works

2015 Council On Foreign Relations Egypt Elliot Abrams Foreign Relations Paper

September 24, 2015 03:47 am

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Source: Council On Foreign Relations Author(s): Elliot Abrams Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/blog/egypt-pressure-works President Sisi of Egypt just announced pardons of roughly 100 political prisoners. The New York Times story said this… Read more at original link.

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SUEZ CANAL EXPANSION: WHAT’S IN IT FOR EGYPT?

2015 Democracy and Politics Economy Foreign Relations German Development Institute Markus Loewe Paper

August 24, 2015 05:54 am

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Source: German Development Institute Author(s): Markus Loewe Original Link: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/the-current-column/article/suez-canal-expansion-whats-in-it-for-egypt-1/ Bonn, 24 August 2015. The inauguration ceremony for the 35 kilometre long second artery of the Suez Canal between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean was held in early August 2015, officiated by Egypt’s President...

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Egypt’s Botched Revolution: Absolutism and the Infelicitous Role of External Actors

2015 Democracy and Politics Finnish Institute Of International Affairs Foreign Relations Paper Wolfgang Mühlberger

August 17, 2015 05:54 am

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Source: Finnish Institute Of International Affairs (Fiia) Author(s): Wolfgang Mühlberger Original Link: https://www.fiia.fi/en/publication/egypts-botched-revolution SUMMARY Egypt’s political transition entered a new phase with the military coup in mid-2013: pluralistic tendencies have been systematically uprooted and the Egyptian armed forces have positioned themselves as a determining...

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The U.S.-Egypt Strategic Dialogue: Drift Along the Nile

2015 Amy Hawthorne Council On Foreign Relations Egypt Foreign Relations Paper

July 29, 2015 03:39 am

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Source: Council On Foreign Relations Author(s): Amy Hawthorne Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/blog/us-egypt-strategic-dialogue-drift-along-nile On August 2, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Cairo for the first U.S.-Egypt “strategic dialogue” since 2009. The high-level forum has been held on and off since the Clinton administration as part of the still-unmet goal of expanding...

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Exclusive Wikileaks cables trace ebb and flow of Egypt-UAE relations

2015 Egypt Foreign Relations Hossam Bahgat Madamasr Media Mostafa Mohie Paper

July 26, 2015 03:34 am

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Hossam Bahgat, Mostafa Mohie Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2015/07/26/feature/politics/exclusive-wikileaks-cables-trace-ebb-and-flow-of-egypt-uae-relations/ Snapshot: A number of documents from the Saudi Foreign Ministry that were recently released by Wikileaks have cast light on Egypt’s capricious relationship with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which...

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Improved Egypt-Israel Relations through Sinai Crisis: Will They Last?

2015 Egypt Foreign Relations Geoffrey Aronson Middle East Institute Paper Sinai

July 24, 2015 03:36 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Geoffrey Aronson Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/article/improved-egypt-israel-relations-through-sinai-crisis-will-they-last Egyptian diplomats rarely have a good word to say about U.S. policies these days. In contrast, they are enthusiastic in their praise of the close relations between Cairo and Jerusalem—centered on counterterror security...

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Egypt signs Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement: A Good Idea on Paper?

2015 Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Mohamed El Dahshan Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

July 07, 2015 03:38 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Mohamed El Dahshan Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/tripartite-free-trade-area/ Representatives from nearly half of Africa’s countries signed, on June 10, an agreement creating the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA), capping nearly five years of negotiations. The trade deal would allow improved movement of goods, capital...

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Wikileaks: Egyptian media and journalists go to Saudi for financing

2015 Egypt Foreign Relations Hossam Bahgat Madamasr Media Paper

July 05, 2015 03:34 am

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Hossam Bahgat Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2015/07/05/feature/politics/wikileaks-egyptian-media-and-journalists-go-to-saudi-for-financing/ Since the Wikileaks website began posting leaked documents from the Saudi Arabian government, the issue of the Kingdom financing Egyptian media channels, journalists and researchers has garnered major attention...

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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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The European response to the Morsi death sentence

2015 Al Jazeera Centre For Studies Egypt Foreign Relations Heinrich Matthee Judicial Affairs Paper

June 17, 2015 03:38 am

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Source: Al Jazeera Centre For Studies Author(s): Heinrich Matthee Original Link: http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2015/06/2015616121215668304.html Abstract Like other political events in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), such as the Arab Spring, Egypt’s handling of issues concerning the rule of law, civil society, human rights and democratic transition continues to provide a real...

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