Maged Mandour

Sisi’s Vanity Projects

2019 Carnegie Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Maged Mandour Military Affairs Paper

August 06, 2019 18:42 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/79625 Since coming to power, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has undertaken various mega infrastructure projects with dubious economic benefits. Despite a worsening debt crisis, these projects remain a government priority. The debt crisis has grown with the percentage of the total debt of the GDP...

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Egypt’s Invisible Executions

2019 Carnegie Civil Society Egypt Human Rights Islamic Movements and Institutions Judicial Affairs Maged Mandour Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

April 25, 2019 16:14 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/78998 On the February 20, Egyptian authorities carried out the executions of nine defendants accused of assassinating Egyptian General Prosecutor Hisham Barakat, prompting international accusations that their trials were unfair and that torture was used to extract confessions. The Egyptian government...

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Generalissimo Sisi

2019 Carnegie Egypt Judicial Affairs Maged Mandour Military Affairs Paper

February 14, 2019 15:46 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Maged Mansour Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/78363 On February 3, Egyptian parliamentarians from Tahya Misr (“Support Egypt”), a coalition supporting President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi that comprises one-fifth of parliament, submitted a proposal to amend the Egyptian constitution. Two days later, the General Committee accepted the proposed amendments...

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Behind Egypt’s New Wave of Arrests

2018 Carnegie Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Islamic Movements and Institutions Judicial Affairs Maged Mandour Paper Sources

July 05, 2018 23:06 pm

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/76709 Since Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi won reelection in March with a record 97.08 percent of the vote—and particularly since his inauguration ceremony on June 2—the Egyptian regime has embarked on a renewed campaign of repression against prominent activists and opposition...

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Egypt’s Evolving Alliance with Israel

2018 Carnegie Egypt Foreign Relations Maged Mandour Paper

March 20, 2018 15:54 pm

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/75840 On February 19, the private Egyptian firm Dolphinus Holdings announced a deal to import $15 billion worth of natural gas from Israel over a period of ten years. This firm is one of the first to take advantage of a new natural gas law passed in August 2017 that ended the

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Egypt’s Comprehensive Military Operation

2018 Carnegie Egypt Maged Mandour Military Affairs Paper Sinai

February 15, 2018 19:31 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author (s): Maged Mandour Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/75556 On February 9, Egypt’s military spokesman Colonel Tamer al-Rifai announced the launch of the “Comprehensive Military Operation,” which aims to eliminate the country’s growing insurgency. Even though the primary focus of the operation is the Sinai Peninsula, earning it the nickname “Operation...

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Expert Maged Mandour Military Affairs Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai

January 30, 2018 00:03 am

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Maged Mandour is a political analyst who writes openDemocracy’s “Chronicles of the Arab Revolt” column, which covers the affairs of the Arab world with a special focus on social change in the post-Arab Spring Middle East. He research interests include political violence, state repression, class formation, and capitalist development in the Arab world, as well

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Sisi’s Expanding Authority

2017 Carnegie Democracy and Politics Maged Mandour Paper

October 04, 2017 05:56 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/73227 In advance of Egypt’s presidential election, scheduled to take place between February and May 2018, Egyptian MP Ismail Nasreddine put forth a proposal to amend Article 140 of the Egyptian Constitution to extend the presidential term from four to six years, postponing the election until...

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Sisi’s Pyrrhic Victory

2017 Carnegie Judicial Affairs Maged Mandour Paper

June 27, 2017 05:54 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/71367 The transfer of the two red sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir from Egypt to Saudi Arabia sparked a long legal battle between the regime and critics within the establishment, led by former presidential candidate Khaled Ali. The regime seems to have won the battle, as

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The Heavy Civilian Toll in Sinai

2017 Carnegie Egypt Maged Mandour Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai

March 16, 2017 03:36 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/68296 As the Egyptian military struggles to contain the Islamic State (IS) affiliate in Sinai, Wilayat Sinai, its already forceful response is becoming more heavy-handed. Increased reliance on heavy weaponry and air power is contributing to a rise in civilian causalities and inflaming...

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The Art of War in Egypt

2017 Carnegie Egypt Maged Mandour Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

January 24, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/67781 Since Abdel Fattah el-Sisi became president in June 2014, the Egyptian military has embarked on a massive spending spree. The value of arms transfer agreements Egypt signed in 2015 was the second-largest among developing countries, at $11.9 billion. This included $5.9 billion from France...

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Egypt’s Shift from Saudi Arabia to Russia

2016 Carnegie Foreign Relations Maged Mandour Paper

November 03, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/65030 Relations between Saudi Arabia and Egypt, two previously staunch allies, have recently soured. This can be attributed to Egypt’s inability to perform its role as a guarantor of regional Gulf security against growing Iranian hegemony and its desire to cultivate other, less demanding...

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