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The Egyptian Interregnum: The high cost of suppressing change

2016 Democracy and Politics Egypt German Council On Foreign Relations Human Rights Ibrahim El Houdaiby Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

February 16, 2016 03:35 am

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Source: German Council On Foreign Relations (Gdap) Author(s): Ibrahim El Houdaiby Original Link: https://dgap.org/en/think-tank/publications/dgapanalyse-compact/egyptian-interregnum Five years after the ouster of Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak, the alliance backing Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is fragile to the point of collapse. A lack of overarching vision is leading to unprecedented levels of...

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Egypt and China following Xi’s visit

2016 Assaf Orion Foreign Relations Ofir Winter Paper The Institute For National Security Studies

February 11, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Ofir Winter, Assaf Orion Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/egypt-and-china-following-xis-visit/ In the course of the visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Egypt on January 20-22, 2016, Egypt and China announced a five-year, multi-sector cooperation agreement. This agreement injected substance into the...

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2011 Revolution in Egypt: Five Years Later

2016 Centre For Security Studies Democracy and Politics Egypt K. P. Fabian Paper

February 03, 2016 03:46 am

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Source: Centre For Security Studies Author(s): K. P. Fabian Original Link: https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/195951/ib_2011-evolution-in-egypt_030216.pdf Summary: Five years later, on 25 January 2016, Tahrir Square witnessed about 300 Egyptians gathered there to deplore the 2011 Revolution and to thank President Field Marshal Sisi and the Egyptian Police for installing a repressive police state...

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Beehive: A Crisis of Trust between Young Egyptians and the al-Sisi Regime

2016 Democracy and Politics Egypt Michael Barak Paper The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Youth

January 30, 2016 03:47 am

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Source: The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Author(s): Michael Barak Original Link: https://dayan.org/content/beehive-crisis-trust-between-young-egyptians-and-al-sisi-regime In late December 2015, students from 24 universities across Egypt launched a widespread protest on social networking sites (SNS) against the involvement of the Egyptian Ministry of Education in...

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Modelling the Egyptian Shadow Economy: A Currency Demand and A MIMIC Model Approach

2016 Cesifo Group Economy Egypt Friedrich Schneider Mai Hassan Paper

January 30, 2016 03:43 am

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Source: Cesifo Group Author(s): Mai Hassan, Friedrich Schneider Original Link: https://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/publications/docbase/DocBase_Content/WP/WP-CESifo_Working_Papers/wp-cesifo-2016/wp-cesifo-2016-01/12012016005727.html Abstract: We estimate the size and trend of the Egyptian shadow economy using two of the most common methods: the currency demand approach and the structural...

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Insecurity in Sinai and Beyond: Why the Egyptian Counterterrorism Strategy is Failing

2016 Egypt German Council On Foreign Relations Helena Burgrova Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai

January 30, 2016 03:36 am

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Source: German Council On Foreign Relations (Gdap) Author(s): Helena Burgrova Original Link: https://dgap.org/en/think-tank/publications/dgapanalyse-compact/insecurity-sinai-and-beyond Years after the protests that launched the Egyptian uprising, Egypt’s military-led government continues to pursue heavy-handed counterterrorism measures in the Sinai Peninsula as part of its broad-gauged “war on...

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Egypt’s Protests by the Numbers

2016 Amy Austin Holmes Carnegie Democracy and Politics Hussein Baoumi Paper

January 29, 2016 05:56 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amy Austin Holmes, Hussein Baoumi Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/62627 On the five-year anniversary of the January 25 revolution, empty streets and the absence of people, protests, or even official commemorations have been commentators’ dominant themes. A regime that allowed, instigated, and exaggerated the size of protests to legitimize...

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Five Years after Tahrir Square

2016 Democracy and Politics Egypt Paper Thanassis Cambanis The Century Foundation

January 26, 2016 03:47 am

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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Thanassis Cambanis Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/commentary/five-years-after-tahrir-square/ Thanassis Cambanis was in Tahrir Square in January 2011 to witness first-hand the start of the Egyptian Revolution that toppled the government of then-president Hosni Mubarak. Today, I cannot help but think of the shock and wonder I felt when I beheld...

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Egypt: A Country Awaits a Revolution

2016 Abdel-Fattah Mady Democracy and Politics Egypt Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Wilson Centre

January 26, 2016 03:37 am

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Source: Wilson Centre Author(s): Abdel-Fattah Mady Original Link: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/egypt-country-awaits-revolution The Egyptian government’s crushing of the 2011 popular uprising, its downplaying of those events, and, more importantly, its willful disregard for the revolution’s significance will have dire consequences not only for Egypt, but also for the entire region...

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Did Sisi Save Egypt?

2016 Carnegie Democracy and Politics Egypt Nathan J. Brown Paper Yasser El-Shimy

January 25, 2016 03:46 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Nathan J. Brown, Yasser El-Shimy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/01/25/did-sisi-save-egypt-pub-62587 Five years ago, the leaders of Egypt’s protest movement shocked themselves by successfully bringing down President Hosni Mubarak, who had been in power since before many of them were born. In those days, it was not unusual to hear talk of...

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Unmet Demands, Tenuous Stability

2016 Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Unknown

January 25, 2016 03:40 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/unmet-needs-tenuous-stability/ After five years of protests, struggle, and change in government cabinets, parliaments, and presidents, Egypt is nowhere near where many had hoped when Egyptians took to the streets on January 25, 2011. Given the tumultuous environment in the Middle...

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Egypt: President Sisi in a Crusader Fight with a Generation

2016 Bahey Eldin Hassan Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Karim Lahidji Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Women Affairs

January 25, 2016 03:33 am

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Source: Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Author(s): Karim Lahidji, Bahey Eldin Hassan Original Link: http://www.cihrs.org/?p=17984&lang=en The international community’s support given to Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime is primarily based on the notion that his regime maintains stability in the country. President Sisi keeps assuring that he is leading a successful...

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