2015 – Page 3 – Middle East Policy Platform

Egypt Needs a Comprehensive Approach to Terrorism

2015 Egypt Gregory Aftandilian Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

November 16, 2015 03:40 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Gregory Aftandilian Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/egypt-needs-a-comprehensive-approach-to-terrorism/ Egypt faces a serious threat from terrorist groups, not only in the Sinai Peninsula but also in other parts of the country. Unfortunately, the government’s counter-terrorism campaign over the past several years has not...

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Egypt’s Rising Security Threat

2015 Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown

November 15, 2015 05:55 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/egypts-rising-Security-threat/ Overview: Egypt’s War on Terror has become a defining feature of Abdel-Fattah El Sisi’s presidency, and the provision of security a top priority. This is especially the case because of the sensitivity of the current period of political and...

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Metrojet Incident Spotlights Egypt’s Security Struggles

2015 Chatham House Jane Kinninmont Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

November 09, 2015 05:55 am

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Source: Chatham House Author(s): Jane Kinninmont Original Link: https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/metrojet-incident-spotlights-egypt-s-Security-struggles The suspicion that a bomb caused a Russian passenger plane to crash over Sinai casts an international spotlight on the security problems that Egyptians have already been facing – and the limitations of the highly militarized state’s...

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Egypt: Into the Unknown

2015 Council On Foreign Relations Egypt Human Rights Paper Steven A. Cook

November 09, 2015 03:40 am

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Source: Council On Foreign Relations Author(s): Steven A. Cook Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/blog/egypt-unknown The Egyptian state is weak. The country’s leaders are in a state of either panic or perpetual confusion. No one is in control. As in the darkest, most contested days of former President Mohammed Morsi’s tenure, Egypt’s failure once again seems plausible. Despite

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Forced Disappearances Spike in Egypt

2015 Egypt Human Rights May El-Sadany Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

November 09, 2015 03:40 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): May El-Sadany Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/forced-disappearances-spike-in-egypt-2/ On January 13, 2014, Ashraf Shahata, originally trained as a lawyer, went to the private school that he had helped establish in Kerdasa, Giza. He parked his car, went inside to meet one of his partners, and was last seen walking out...

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THE CAUSAL CHAIN OF MARKET BASED REFORM IN EGYPTIAN VOICE TELECOMMUNICATION

2015 Amirah El-Haddad Economy Egypt German Development Institute Paper

November 05, 2015 03:40 am

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Source: German Development Institute Author(s): Amirah El-Haddad Original Link: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/others-publications/article/the-causal-chain-of-market-based-reform-in-egyptian-voice-telecommunication/ Snapshot: Utility reform swept the developing world in the 1980s and 1990s. This case study of the Egyptian telecoms sector shows that regulatory reform and liberalization have created...

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Rethinking the U.S.-Egypt relationship: How repression is undermining Egyptian stability and what the United States can do

2015 Egypt Foreign Relations Paper Shadi Hamid The Brookings Institution

November 03, 2015 03:39 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Shadi Hamid Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/testimonies/rethinking-the-u-s-egypt-relationship-how-repression-is-undermining-egyptian-stability-and-what-the-united-states-can-do/ Editor’s Note: Shadi Hamid testifies for the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on how repression in Egypt is undermining the country’s stability and what the United...

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Working Paper- Catastrophic and Impoverishing Effects of Out-Of-Pocket Health Expenditure: New Evidence from Egypt

2015 Ahmed Rashad Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Mesbah Sharaf Paper

November 01, 2015 03:44 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Ahmed Rashad, Mesbah Sharaf Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/catastrophic-and-impoverishing-effects-of-out-of-pocket-health-expenditure-new-evidence-from-egypt/ Abstract: Conventional poverty estimates do not take into account out-of-pocket (OOP) health payments. OOP health payments could cause financial catastrophe to households, which...

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Working Paper- Competitive Real Exchange Rates Are Good for the Poor: Evidence from Egyptian Household Surveys

2015 Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Eman Refaat Ibrahim Elbadawi Paper

November 01, 2015 03:44 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Ibrahim Elbadawi, Eman Refaat Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/competitive-real-exchange-rates-are-good-for-the-poor-evidence-from-egyptian-household-surveys/ Abstract: This paper develops a theoretical model that allows for assessing the poverty impact of the real exchange rate (RER), as an economy-wide relative price, in a fully...

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Working Paper- Late-Life Living Arrangements and Intergenerational Ties in Egypt: Elderly Socio-Economic Conditions from Labor Market Surveys

2015 Aurora Angeli Culture, Education and Development Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Paper

November 01, 2015 03:37 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Aurora Angeli Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/late-life-living-arrangements-and-intergenerational-ties-in-egypt-elderly-socio-economic-conditions-from-labor-market-surveys/ Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyze dynamics in the late-life living arrangements and changes in socio-economic and health condition of the elderly in Egypt...

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Egypt’s Escalating Islamist Insurgency

2015 Centre For Security Studies Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Mokhtar Awad Mostafa Hashem Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

October 30, 2015 03:35 am

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Source: Centre For Security Studies Author(s): Mokhtar Awad, Mostafa Hashem Copyright: © 2015 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Original Link: http://www.css.ethz.ch/en/services/digital-library/publications/publication.html/194523 Read the full paper by following the original link.

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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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