Security and Counter-Terrorism – Page 20 – Middle East Policy Platform

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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The Morsi Death Sentence

2015 Council On Foreign Relations Egypt Elliot Abrams Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

May 18, 2015 03:40 am

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Source: Council On Foreign Relations Author(s): Elliot Abrams Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/blog/morsi-death-sentence An Egyptian court has sentenced Mohammed Morsi and about 100 others, including other Muslim Brotherhood leaders, to death. Carrying out those sentences would be a huge mistake… Read more at original link.

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Sinai Tribes: Between the Egyptian State and the Islamic State

2015 Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Institute For National Security Studies Zack Gold

May 18, 2015 03:36 am

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Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Zack Gold Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/sinai-tribes-between-the-egyptian-state-and-the-islamic-state/ The jihadist insurgency in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula is taking an increasing toll on the local population and its tribal society. To confront this challenge, leaders of tribes from across the peninsula met on May...

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In Sinai, Egypt Faces Tough Task to Counter Instability

2015 Andre Colling Egypt International Peace Institute Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai

May 13, 2015 03:36 am

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Source: International Peace Institute Author(s): Andre Colling Original Link: https://theglobalobservatory.org/2015/05/sinai-egypt-isis-al-qaeda/ Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula is increasingly being affected by high levels of conflict and instability, which has left hundreds of people dead and thousands more wounded since 2011. The latest of these attacks reportedly occurred earlier today, when four...

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Rebuilding the U.S.-Egyptian Strategic Relationship

2015 Anthony C. Zinni Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Middle East Institute Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

April 16, 2015 03:38 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Anthony C. Zinni Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/rebuilding-us-egyptian-strategic-relationship President Obama’s decision to lift the freeze on delivery of military aid to Egypt was the right thing to do to shore up a key strategic alliance in a region where risks to U.S. security are multiplying rapidly. The United States needs Egypt’s...

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Obama administration to Sisi: Egypt-bound weapons released with caveat

2015 Egypt Foreign Relations Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Tamara Cofman Wittes The Brookings Institution

April 06, 2015 03:37 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Tamara Cofman Wittes Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2015/04/06/obama-administration-to-sissi-egypt-bound-weapons-released-with-caveat/ On Tuesday, President Obama called Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi and conveyed news of long-brewing decisions in the Obama administration regarding U.S. military aid to Egypt – including the...

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Obama Embraces the Nixon Doctrine in Egypt

2015 Carnegie Egypt Human Rights Michele Dunne Paper Robert Kagan Security and Counter-Terrorism Youth

April 03, 2015 03:40 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michele Dunne, Robert Kagan Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2015/04/03/obama-embraces-nixon-doctrine-in-egypt-pub-59649 Is Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi really an ally in our ongoing struggle against Islamic jihadism and terrorism in the Middle East? That seems to be the prevailing view these days. The Wall Street Journal’s Bret...

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Egypt Responds to the Beheading of Copts by IS in Libya

2015 Egypt Foreign Relations Ishak Ibrahim Minorities Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

March 28, 2015 03:34 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Ishak Ibrahim Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/egypt-responds-to-the-beheading-of-copts-by-is-in-libya/ Yesterday, Egyptians marked the culmination of the traditional, forty-day period of mourning for the twenty Egyptians and one Ghanaian beheaded by the Islamic State (IS) branch in Tripoli, Libya. Even as religious...

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How Egyptian Mainstream Media Cover the War on Terror

2015 Egypt Kareem Farid Media Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

March 23, 2015 03:34 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Kareem Farid Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/how-egyptian-mainstream-media-cover-the-war-on-terror/ Around seven o’clock p.m. on January 29, 2015, social media websites reported that a terrorist attack had hit three North Sinai cities of Rafah, al-Arish, and Sheikh Zuweid. Questions regarding the attacks—the apparent...

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The Mirage of Egypt’s Regional Role and the Libyan Temptation

2015 Carnegie Foreign Relations Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Yezid Sayigh

March 05, 2015 05:53 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Yezid Sayigh Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/2015/03/05/mirage-of-egypt-s-regional-role-and-libyan-temptation-pub-59250 Much is being made of signs of a reinvigorated Egyptian foreign policy. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi’s trips to Moscow in 2014 and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s return visit to Cairo in February 2015, during which...

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Common Sense and Courage on Egypt

2015 Council On Foreign Relations Egypt Elliot Abrams Human Rights Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

March 04, 2015 03:40 am

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Source: Council On Foreign Relations Author(s): Elliot Abrams Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/blog/common-sense-and-courage-egypt Senator John McCain is a rare voice both of common sense and–because common sense on Egypt is so rare–of courage when it comes to U.S. relations with that key Arab country. Last week he issued this statement about human rights in Egypt… Read...

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Egypt’s Nile Water Policy under Sisi: Security Interests Promote Rapprochement with Ethiopia

2015 Foreign Relations German Institute For Security And International Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Stephan Roll Tobias Von Lossow

February 28, 2015 06:27 am

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Source: German Institute For Security And International Affairs Author(s): Tobias von Lossow, Dr. Stephan Roll Original Link: https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/egypts-nile-water-policy/ Snapshot: Under Abdel Fatah al-Sisi Egypt has moderated its stance in the Nile water dispute with Ethiopia, the most important state upstream. In the conflict over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam...

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