Fact Sheet – U.S. Military Assistance to Egypt: Separating Fact from Fiction

Source: POMED Author(s): N/A Original Link: http://pomed.org/fact-sheet-u-s-military-assistance-to-egypt-separating-fact-from-fiction/ Ahead of Vice President Mike Pence’s planned trip to Cairo this weekend, two new POMED fact sheets illustrate the complicated military assistance relationship between the United States and Egypt. Below, the fact sheet “U.S. Military Assistance to Egypt...

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Egypt: Transformation of Army’s Doctrine toward Israel

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author: Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-transformation-of-armys-doctrine-toward-israel/ A military doctrine could be defined as: the traditions, values, and experiences that govern the behavior and attitudes of the military institution in public life; or as: the identification of enemies and the threats and how to get prepared...

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In Egypt, Voter Turnout Falls Short

Source: Atlantic Council Author: Elissa Miller Original Link: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/in-egypt-voter-turnout-falls-short Evidenced by low voter turnout in the presidential election, Egypt’s optimism after the 2011 revolution that ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak has been replaced by apathy amid the rule of a new strongman, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. In Egypt’s...

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Th Presidents Scorecard

Source: Atlantic Council Author: Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/the-president-s-scorecard Egyptians are going to the polls to vote in a presidential election for the third time since the uprisings of 2011. The act of voting for a president who could, ostensibly, be voted out was a novelty. Hosni Mubarak served five six-year terms before...

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Sawsan Gad

Sawsan Gad is co-founder and general coordinator of the Egypt Parallel Constitution initiative, which promotes constitutional reforms in Egypt. http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/75353

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Abdel-Fattah Mady

Abdel-Fattah Mady is associate professor of political science at Egypt’s Alexandria University, where he teaches courses on comparative politics, democratization, human rights and contemporary issues in the ME. He was trained in the study of politics at Alexandria University, Egypt (B.A., 1991 and M.A. 1997) and Claremont Graduate University, U.S.A. (M.A. 2004 and Ph.D., 2005).

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Amy Hawthorne

Amy Hawthorne is POMED’s Deputy Director for Research. She is a Middle East expert with extensive policy, analytical, and practical experience on Arab political reform and democracy promotion. Prior to joining POMED in October 2015, Amy served as Resident Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, where she focused

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Mohamed Arafa

Dr. Mohamed ‘Arafa is an Assistant Professor of Law at Alexandria University Faculty of Law, Adjunct Professor of Law at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, and Visiting Professor of Law at University of Brasilia School of Law. https://timep.org/author/marafa/

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Shana Marshall

Shana Marshall is Associate Director of the Institute for Middle East Studies and Research Faculty member at the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. She earned her PhD in International Relations and Comparative Politics of the Middle East at the University of Maryland in 2012. Her dissertation, “The New Politics of Patronage: The

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