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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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Missed Opportunity: The Politics of Police Reform in Egypt and Tunisia

2015 Carnegie Democracy and Politics Egypt Paper Yezid Sayigh

March 17, 2015 03:46 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Yezid Sayigh Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/2015/03/17/missed-opportunity-politics-of-police-reform-in-egypt-and-tunisia-pub-59391 Snapshot: Police forces and security agencies genuinely accountable to democratically elected civilian authorities have not emerged in either Egypt or Tunisia four years after popular uprisings forced the countries’...

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Built on Sand: Egypt’s Questionable Strategy for Growth and Development

2015 Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Economy German Institute For Security And International Affairs Matthias Seiler Paper Stephan Roll

March 15, 2015 05:53 am

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Source: German Institute For Security and Counter-Terrorism And International Affairs Author(s): Dr. Stephan Roll, Matthias Seiler Original Link: https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/egypts-questionable-strategy-for-growth-and-development/ The Egypt Economic Development Conference staged at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh from 13 to 15 March will showcase the country’s investment...

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What Egypt Should Realistically Expect from the Economic Development Conference

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

March 13, 2015 03:45 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Mohamed El Dahshan Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/what-egypt-should-realistically-expect-from-the-economic-development-conference/ Egypt’s Economic Development Conference (EEDC), launches this weekend in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. Its stakes, in Egypt at least, seem to be getting higher by the minute. The...

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Economic Reforms in Egypt Are Not Enough

2015 Economy Egypt Neil Bhatiya Paper The Century Foundation

March 12, 2015 03:45 am

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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Neil Bhatiya Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/commentary/economic-reforms-in-egypt-are-not-enough/ This Friday sees the opening of a much-publicized economic and trade conference in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt. The Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC), personally hosted by Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, is meant to “highlight the...

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Egypt’s Economy: A Mixed Picture, at Best

2015 Carnegie Economy Katie Bentivoglio Michele Dunne Paper

March 11, 2015 05:55 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michele Dunne, Katie Bentivoglio Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/59310 On March 13, the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh will play host to a major economic conference. It has been in the works ever since the late Saudi King Abdullah invited other nations to a donor conference following the June 2014 election of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi...

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Great Expectations: The Egypt Economic Conference

2015 Economy Egypt Middle East Institute Paper Samer Atallah

March 11, 2015 03:45 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Samer Atallah Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/article/great-expectations-egypt-economic-conference On March 13, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will inaugurate the Egypt Economic Development Conference in the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh. The main objective of the conference is to put Egypt back on the world investment map. Sisi’s...

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Egypt’s Elections on Pause

2015 Democracy and Politics May El-Sadany Nathan J. Brown Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

March 06, 2015 05:56 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Nathan J. Brown, May El-Sadany Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/egypts-elections-on-pause/ With so many provisions littering Egypt’s legal landscape (many of which contain broad language and allow various bodies wide discretion), Egypt manages to combine a legalistic order with an uncertain one. Senior officials...

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Sisi’s Parliamentary Fears

2015 Carnegie Democracy and Politics Judicial Affairs Mohamed El-Shewy Paper

March 06, 2015 05:54 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Mohamed El-Shewy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/59276 On March 1, Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court ruled that Article 3 of the electoral law was unconstitutional. Two days later, the Administrative Court suspended the elections pending a change in the electoral law. This suspension plays into President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s hands, as...

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Will the March Investment Conference Launch Egypt’s Economic Recovery?

2015 Amr Adly Carnegie Economy Paper

March 05, 2015 05:55 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Adly Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/2015/03/05/will-march-investment-conference-launch-egypt-s-economic-recovery-pub-59255 The Egyptian government has high hopes for an international investment conference planned for mid-March 2015 in the Egyptian coastal city of Sharm el-Sheikh. A great many heads of state and government are expected to take...

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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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Egypt’s Economy: Hanging in the Balance

2015 Economy Middle East Institute Paper Yasmin El-Rifae

March 04, 2015 05:56 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Yasmin El-Rifae Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/egypt%E2%80%99s-economy-hanging-balance As 2014 drew to a close, the Egyptian economy was making international headlines. The Financial Times called Egypt the world’s best destination for stock market investment.[1] Meanwhile, the Egyptian press documented a flurry of visits by delegations of...

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