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The Military, the Media and Public Perceptions in Egypt: Communication and Civil-Military Relations

2016 Centre For Security Studies Egypt Media Military Affairs Mohamed Elmenshawy Paper Ragnar Weilandt Romuald Bolliger

November 01, 2016 03:34 am

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Source: Centre For Security Studies Author(s): Romuald Bolliger, Mohamed Elmenshawy, Ragnar Weilandt Original Link: http://www.css.ethz.ch/en/services/digital-library/publications/publication.html/6e507b7d-1001-4994-b711-1649d2188e70 Copyright: © 2016 Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) Read the full publication by following the original link.

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How Egypt´s Youth Could Decide the Country´s Future

2016 Centre For Security Studies Economy Eva Nolle Paper Youth

October 30, 2016 05:55 am

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Source: Centre For Security and Counter-Terrorism Studies Author(s): Eva Nolle Copyright: © 2016 Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW) Original Link: http://www.css.ethz.ch/en/services/digital-library/publications/publication.html/d8439fd9-938b-4e0e-816f-978e08fbdfff Read the full publication by following the original link.

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Report: Rethinking U.S. Economic Aid to Egypt

2016 Amy Hawthorne Civil Society Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Military Affairs Paper Pomed Security and Counter-Terrorism

October 30, 2016 03:33 am

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Source: Pomed – Project On Middle East Democracy Author(s): Amy Hawthorne Original Link: http://pomed.org/pomed-publications/new-report-rethinking-u-s-economic-aid-to-egypt/ In a new POMED Report, Rethinking U.S. Economic Aid to Egypt, POMED Deputy Director for Research Amy Hawthorne takes a detailed look at U.S. bilateral economic aid for Egypt. Since the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty...

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Down by Law

2016 Amr Hamzawy Carnegie Economy Egypt Judicial Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

October 20, 2016 03:39 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Hamzawy Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/64914 A few weeks ago, on September 24, the Egyptian Interior Ministry announced that it had arrested seventeen members of the Muslim Brotherhood who were plotting to increase “pessimism” in the country. The ministry informed the public that those arrested represented a “subversive cell” tasked to...

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On Rashid, Egypt’s Latest Mediterranean Tragedy

2016 Human Rights Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Tom Rollins

October 19, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Tom Rollins Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/on-rashid-egypts-latest-mediterranean-tragedy/ September 21, 2016: A boat has sunk off the coast of Rashid in northern Egypt. Hundreds of people—grieving friends and family, concerned local residents—stand by the water, looking out to sea, waiting for a boat to return with...

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Egypt’s Attack on Civil Society

2016 Bahey Eldin Hassan Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Civil Society Democracy and Politics Paper

October 14, 2016 05:52 am

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Source: Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Author(s): Bahey Eldin Hassan Original Link: http://www.cihrs.org/?p=19218&lang=en Compared with some of my fellow Egyptians, I have been lucky. I have received only death threats. Some of my countrymen and women have lost their lives in the struggle for freedom and dignity. My first death threat came 25 years

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The Limits of Fighting Corruption in Egypt

2016 Carnegie Civil Society Egypt Mohamed Abdel Salam Paper

October 13, 2016 03:34 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Mohamed Abdel Salam Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/64852 Hisham Geneina, the former head of the Central Auditing Organization (CAO), Egypt’s main oversight body, is still facing the repercussions of the controversial statement he made at the end of 2015 that corruption had cost Egypt nearly 600 billion Egyptian pounds ($76 billion). Even...

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The Expanding Jurisdiction of Egypt’s Military Courts

2016 Carnegie Judicial Affairs Military Affairs Paper Sahar Aziz

October 12, 2016 06:27 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Sahar Aziz Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/64840 Egypt’s ongoing expansion of military jurisdiction under the pretext of economic development and public safety is yet another indicator that its revolution was stillborn. Although the military has long been a key political player, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s regime has promoted the...

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Egyptian economic policy: See no evil, hear no evil

2016 Adel Abdel Ghafar Economy Egypt Paper The Brookings Institution

October 11, 2016 03:41 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Adel Abdel Ghafar Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/10/11/egyptian-economic-policy-see-no-evil-hear-no-evil/ The Egyptian government appears to be on the verge of further devaluing the pound. President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi met with the governor of the country’s central bank Amer last week to give political cover to the move...

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How Social Media Undermined Egypt’s Democratic Transition

2016 Carnegie Deen Freelon Democracy and Politics Marc Lynch Media Paper Sean Aday

October 07, 2016 05:52 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Marc Lynch, Deen Freelon, Sean Aday Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/10/07/how-social-media-undermined-egypt-s-democratic-transition-pub-64830 Egypt’s 2011 uprising has become synonymous with the successful use of social media to overthrow an entrenched authoritarian regime. Popular and academic literature hold it up as the paradigm of...

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Who are the 5 million refugees and immigrants in Egypt?

2016 Egypt Minorities Omer Karasapan Paper The Brookings Institution

October 04, 2016 03:34 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Omer Karasapan Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2016/10/04/who-are-the-5-million-refugees-and-immigrants-in-egypt/ For some time now, Egyptian officials at the highest level have been pointedly underlining a growing refugee and migrant challenge. At the G-20 meeting in September 2016, President Sisi stated that Egypt was...

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Sink or Swim: Egypt’s Anticipated Currency Float

2016 Economy Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Timothy E. Kaldas

October 03, 2016 05:56 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Timothy E. Kaldas Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/sink-or-swim-egypts-anticipated-currency-float/ Tarek Amer, the governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), announced in July that Egypt’s longstanding policy of defending the Egyptian pound (LE) against devaluation had been a “grave error.” The strategy had slowly...

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