Experts – Page 38 – Middle East Policy Platform

Sisi’s War on the Poor

2020 Carnegie Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Human Rights Maged Mandour Paper

September 23, 2020 15:03 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/82772 The Egyptian government’s fiscal and economic policies are accelerating the transfer of wealth from lower and middle classes to itself and business elites, with likely devastating consequences. Read more at original link

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How Egyptian Security Services Managed Corona Crisis

2020 Ahmed Mawlana Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Health Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

September 23, 2020 14:05 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Ahmed Mawlana Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/how-egyptian-security-services-managed-corona-crisis/ With the outbreak of COVID-19 in Egypt, the military and security services have increasingly become involved in confronting the coronavirus at the expense of other government bodies, including the implementation and monitoring of the...

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Are Recent Demolitions Part of the Plan to Dismantle and Sell Cairo?

2020 Amer Abdel Moneim Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Human Rights Paper

September 21, 2020 15:09 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Amer Abdel Moneim Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/are-recent-demolitions-part-of-the-plan-to-dismantle-and-sell-cairo/ The heart of Egyptian capital Cairo is currently subjected to systematic theft, where international organizations and foreign circles are involved, in complicity with personalities and centers of influence within the...

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Curtis Ryan

Curtis R. Ryan Democracy and Politics Expert Foreign Relations

September 18, 2020 14:04 pm

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Dr. Curtis R. Ryan joined the Department of Government in Justice Studies at Appalachian State University in 2002. He received his B.A. in History and Political Science from Drew University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at a Chapel Hill. Professor Ryan served as a Fulbright Scholar (1992-93)

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Egypt-Iraq-Jordan Alliance Tries to Change Middle East Dynamics

2020 Arab Center Washington DC Curtis R. Ryan Democracy and Politics Egypt Foreign Relations Paper

September 16, 2020 14:04 pm

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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Curtis R. Ryan Original Link: On August 25, 2020, the leaders of Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan met in Amman for the third in a succession of meetings marking ever-closer relations between the three Arab states. Earlier meetings had taken place in March 2019 in Cairo and in September 2019 in New York City, on the

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Post-COVID-19: How to Reform Egypt Health System?

2020 Amgad Hamdi Democracy and Politics Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Health Paper

September 15, 2020 13:48 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Amgad Hamdi Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/post-covid-19-how-to-reform-egypt-health-system/ The World Health Organization (WHO) states that the health system consists of all the organizations, institutions, resources and people whose primary purpose is to promote, restore and/or maintain health; and that such system needs staff, funds...

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Demise of El-Erian & Systematic Killing of Political Detainees

2020 Asmaa Shukr Democracy and Politics Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Human Rights Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper

September 11, 2020 14:39 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Asmaa Shokr Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/demise-of-el-erian-systematic-killing-of-political-detainees/ After the death of Dr. Essam El-Erian, a prominent Muslim Brotherhood leader, in Egypt’s notorious high-security Aqrab (Scorpion) Prison on 13 August 2020, social networking sites flared up with posts of mourning and praying for the...

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POMED’S Amy Hawthorne Testifies on Egypt before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs

2020 Amy Hawthorne Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Paper Pomed

September 10, 2020 14:35 pm

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Source: Project on Middle East Democracy Author(s): Amy Hawthorne Original Link: https://pomed.org/pomeds-amy-hawthorne-testifies-on-egypt-before-the-house-committee-on-foreign-affairs/ On September 9, POMED’s Deputy Director for Research Amy Hawthorne testified in Congress before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs’s Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa...

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Religious Institutions under the Pressure of COVID-19: Traditional Policies and Delayed Crisis Management

2020 Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Egypt Health Ishak Ibrahim Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

September 10, 2020 14:24 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Ishak Ibrahim Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/religious-institutions-under-the-pressure-of-covid-19-traditional-policies-and-delayed-crisis-management/ The coronavirus pandemic has imposed exceptional circumstances and tough challenges on Egyptian religious institutions, which have been tested when it comes to...

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The needed reset for the US-Egypt relationship

2020 Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Paper Tamara Cofman Wittes The Brookings Institution

September 10, 2020 14:13 pm

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Source: Brookings Author(s): Tamara Cofman Wittes Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/09/10/the-needed-reset-for-the-us-egypt-relationship Yesterday afternoon, I testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa about Egyptian politics and the U.S.-Egypt relationship. My full testimony is available here; below are some...

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Egypt: Trends in Politics, Economics, and Human Rights

2020 Carnegie Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Human Rights Michele Dunne Paper

September 09, 2020 14:33 pm

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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Michele Dunne Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/09/09/egypt-trends-in-politics-economics-and-human-rights-pub-82677 Congress should lead the reorientation of assistance policies towards Egypt as well as urge administration engagement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in order to promote more constructive outcomes. Read more at original...

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Election 2020: Challenges and Opportunities for US Policy in the Middle East

2020 Democracy and Politics Egypt Foreign Relations Middle East Institute Mirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper

September 08, 2020 14:17 pm

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/sites/default/files/2020-09/Egypt.pdf The Middle East is going through one of the most unstable periods in its recent history. This instability goes well beyond the current triple crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, the related economic contraction, and the collapse of energy prices. Each...

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