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Egypt Endorses Gulf Reconciliation But Remains Skeptical

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsHaisam HassaneinPaperWashington Institute
January 14, 2021 15:03 pm
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Source: Washington Institute Author(s): Haisam Hassanein Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/egypt-endorses-gulf-reconciliation-remains-skeptical Although officials are playing along in order to maintain good ties with Saudi Arabia, they seem convinced that Qatar will exploit the new agreement in ways that harm Cairo’s political and security interests at...

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Mutual reassurance: Why Europe should support talks between Egypt and Turkey

2021EgyptEuropean Council On Foreign RelationsForeign RelationsMatteo ColomboPaper
January 14, 2021 14:26 pm
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Source: European Council on Foreign Relations Author(s): Matteo Colombo Original Link: https://ecfr.eu/article/mutual-reassurance-why-europe-should-support-talks-between-egypt-and-turkey/ For much of the past decade, the intense rivalry between Egypt and Turkey has created instability across the Middle East and North Africa. But the two countries may now have a brief opportunity to ease the...

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UAVs and the Abraham Accords: New Horizons for Sinai Peacekeeping

2021Assaf OrionEgyptForeign RelationsMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinaiWashington Institute
January 13, 2021 15:05 pm
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Source: Washington Institute Author(s): Assaf Orion Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/uavs-and-abraham-accords-new-horizons-sinai-peacekeeping Replacing manned monitoring missions with drone sorties and inviting Gulf countries to participate would help improve security, reduce America’s burden and risk, decrease costs, and bolster the regional peace...

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World Report 2021 | Egypt

2021Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsHealthHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchJudicial AffairsMediaMinoritiesPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
January 12, 2021 15:13 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Human Rights Watch Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2021/country-chapters/egypt Egyptians in 2020 continued to live under the harsh authoritarian grip of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government. Tens of thousands of government critics, including journalists and human rights defenders, remain imprisoned on politically motivated charges...

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Egypt Plunging in Falls of “Fake Patriotism”

2021Culture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesPaperSayed Amin
January 05, 2021 16:25 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Sayed Amin Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-plunging-in-falls-of-fake-patriotism/ If someone asks you to look at “the fruitful tree”, this may imply that there are other “fruitless trees” nearby; and likewise, if you see a police patrol in Cairo streets with banners of “Egyptian Police” highlighted on vehicles, this may give an...

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2021 Preview: Looking to 2021 as a year of recovery

2021Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
January 04, 2021 15:58 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/2021-preview-looking-2021-year-recovery The pandemic landed Egypt squarely in a quagmire in 2020, along with much of the rest of the world. However, its ability to drag itself out will depend almost entirely on its own governance and how it chooses to tackle the raft of institutional problems...

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Shifting Dynamics of Libyan – Egyptian Relationship: Calculations and Motives

2021Democracy and PoliticsDoha InstituteEgyptForeign RelationsMilitary AffairsPaper
January 03, 2021 15:44 pm
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Source: Doha Institute Author(s): Unit for Politial Studies Original Link:  https://www.dohainstitute.org/en/PoliticalStudies/Pages/Transformation-in-the-Libyan-Egyptian-Relationship-Calculations-and-Motives.aspx In the first step of its kind since mid-2014, an official Egyptian delegation arrived in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on Sunday 27 December 2020. The delegation included Deputy Head...

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Egypt’s External Debt Exceeds $124 Billion

2020EconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesMamdouh Al-WaliPaper
December 28, 2020 15:13 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mamdouh Al-Wali Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-external-debt-exceeds-124-billion/ The Egyptian external debt has been escalating since the army  took over in July 2013, reaching $123.5 billion by the end of June 2020, compared to $43.2 billion at the end of June 2013, that is a rise of $80.3 billion, a growth rate of 186%, and...

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Let justice be done: Respect for women’s land rights in the Middle East and North Africa

2020Amal KandeelEgyptHuman RightsMiddle East InstitutePaperWomen Affairs
December 28, 2020 15:02 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Amal Kandeel Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/let-justice-be-done-respect-womens-land-rights-middle-east-and-north-africa Ownership of economic resources is integral to exercising agency and to assuring the human security needed to live free from fear, want, and indignity. In agrarian societies, land and its natural resources are...

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Recycling pro-regime political elite in Egypt

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesPaperWessam Fauad
December 23, 2020 15:21 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Wessam Fauad Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/recycling-pro-regime-political-elite-in-egypt/ The political elite loyal to the ruling regime in Egypt can be divided into four sub-divisions, namely: 1- The “decision-making elite”: which includes the loyal political elite responsible for making the state’s public policies; 2- The “backing...

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From Free Space to a Tool of Oppression: What Happened to the Internet Since the Arab Spring?

2021Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptMarwa FataftaMediaPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
December 20, 2020 15:56 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Marwa Fatafta Original Link:  As we mark the tenth anniversary of the Arab Spring, we reflect on how increasingly authoritarian digital spaces have become. What tactics have authoritarian Arab governments added to their playbooks since? Read more at original link

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Roundtable: Keeping the Peace in the Nile Basin

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsFrezer Getachew HailePaperPeter SchwartzsteinThe Century FoundationTimothy E. Kaldas
December 14, 2020 15:47 pm
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): FREZER GETACHEW HAILE, TIMOTHY E. KALDAS AND PETER SCHWARTZSTEIN Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/keeping-peace-nile-basin/ The world’s longest river is not a happy place. For almost a decade, Egypt and Ethiopia have been locked in a war of words over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which Addis Ababa is building on the Blue...

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