Menu
×

Experts

HomeAll PostsExperts

Thomas O. Melia

Democracy and PoliticsEconomyExpertForeign Policy Research InstituteForeign RelationsHuman RightsThomas O. Melia
April 23, 2019 14:51 pm
0

Thomas O. Melia is a Senior Fellow in the Eurasia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and the Washington Director of PEN America, an organization standing at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and around the world, and he is a monthly columnist for The American

Learn More

Challenges to Stability in Egypt

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptHoover InstitutionHuman RightsLisa BlaydesPaper
April 22, 2019 16:23 pm
0

Source: Hoover Institute Author(s): Lisa Blaydes Original Link: https://www.hoover.org/research/challenges-stability-egypt The last ten years have seen forms of political disruption within Egypt that were virtually unimaginable a decade ago—from the 2011 protest uprisings; the 2012 election of Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi to the Egyptian presidency; the 2013 coup...

Learn More
Democracy and PoliticsExpertForeign RelationsHoover InstitutionLisa Blaydes
April 22, 2019 16:17 pm
0

Lisa Blaydes is an assistant professor in the political science department at Stanford who specializes in comparative politics and politics of the Middle East. She is the author of Elections and Distributive Politics in Mubarak’s Egypt (Cambridge University Press, 2011). Her articles have appeared in the American Political Science Review, International Organization, International Studies...

Learn More

Operations Against Hasm Continue but Security Forces Still Face Challenges

2019EgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsMilitary AffairsMuhammad MansourPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinaiThe Jamestown Foundation For Global Research And Analysis
April 22, 2019 14:41 pm
0

Source: Jamestown Author(s): Muhammad Mansour Original Link: https://jamestown.org/program/operations-against-hasm-continue-but-security-forces-still-face-challenges/ Egyptian security forces killed seven alleged Hasm militants in a shootout that left one police officer wounded in Giza province, according to a statement made by the Ministry of Interior on March 7. [1] This latest incident...

Learn More

Ballot-box politics: What has pushed Egypt’s opposition to vote ‘no’?

2019Barcelona Centre For International AffairsCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHadeer El-MahdawyandHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMadamasrPaper
April 22, 2019 14:33 pm
0

Source: Madamasr Author(s): Hadeer El-Mahdawy Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2019/04/22/feature/politics/ballot-box-politics-what-has-pushed-egypts-opposition-to-vote-no/ Thirty-three-year-old human rights lawyer Mahienour El-Massry could not make up her mind about what to do in the referendum on the new constitutional amendments. She was torn between boycotting and voting “no.” Then...

Learn More

Not a ‘President’. Not an ‘ally’.

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptForeign Policy Research InstituteForeign RelationsHuman RightsPaperThomas O. Melia
April 18, 2019 15:27 pm
0

Source: Foreign Policy Research Institute Author(s): Thomas O.Melia Original Link: https://www.fpri.org/article/2019/04/not-a-president-not-an-ally/ Words matter. Choose them carefully. At PEN America, our mission is to champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of words to transform the world. Our mission is to unite writers of all kinds, including screenwriters, poets, novelists...

Learn More

Q&A – Between a Rock and a Hard Place: How Egypt’s Constitutional Amendments Erode Judicial Independence

2019Ahmed RizkEgyptJudicial AffairsMahmoud FaroukMohamed El-AnsaryPaperPomed
April 17, 2019 15:15 pm
0

Source: POMED – Project on Middle East Democracy Author(s): Mohamed Al Ansary, Mahmoud Farouk, Ahmed Rizk Original Link: https://pomed.org/qa-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-how-egypts-constitutional-amendments-erode-judicial-independence/ On February 3, 2019, 155 members of Egypt’s pro-regime parliament, by some accounts working in coordination with security agencies and the...

Learn More

WHY EL-SISI’S DECISION TO RAISE EGYPT’S MINIMUM WAGE IS NOT SUCH A GOOD ONE!

2019Amirah El-HaddadCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptGerman Development InstitutePaper
April 15, 2019 15:44 pm
0

Source: German Development Institute Author(s): Amirah El-Haddad Original Link: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/the-current-column/article/why-el-sisis-decision-to-raise-egypts-minimum-wage-is-not-such-a-good-one/ Egypt’s President El-Sisi recently announced a 67 percent raise in the minimum wage to 2,000 Egyptian pounds (115.74 US-Dollar) per month from 1,200 (69.27 US-Dollar). He also promised...

Learn More

Egypt: Taking stock of Sissi’s visit

2019EgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
April 15, 2019 14:10 pm
0

Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/monday-briefing-new-arab-uprisings-echo-earlier-revolts Now that the dust has settled after Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s visit to Washington and meeting with President Donald Trump, it may be possible to examine any possible takeaways. There were a spate of Egypt-related...

Learn More

How Al-Azhar’s grand imam survived the constitutional amendments

2019Asmahan SolimanCivil SocietyEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsJudicial AffairsMadamasrPaper
April 11, 2019 14:12 pm
0

Source: Madamasr Author(s): Asmahan Soliman Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2019/04/11/feature/politics/how-the-grand-imam-of-al-azhar-survived-the-constitutional-amendments/ As part of the raft of controversial amendments to Egypt’s Constitution slated to be put to a public referendum later this month, a proposed article would have featured a less independent Al-Azhar — Egypt’s highest...

Learn More

The Retreat from Universalism in the Middle East and the World

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsKarl SharroPaperThe Century Foundation
April 10, 2019 18:15 pm
0

Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Karl Sharro Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/retreat-universalism-middle-east-world/ The Islamic State may be close to defeat, but the wound it opened in the social and political fabric of the Middle East will take a long time to heal. It is not just the shock of the group’s ultraviolent tactics that will linger long

Learn More

Probation as Compounded Punishment in Egypt

2019EgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMai El-SadanyPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyYasmin Omar
April 10, 2019 14:23 pm
0

Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Yasmin Omar and Mai El-Sadany Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/probation-as-compounded-punishment-in-egypt/ This week, officers went into the Dokki Police Station and threatened to send Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah back to jail if he did not stop talking about the conditions of his probation...

Learn More

MEPP © 2018 All Rights Reserved Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

The publications re-posted on www.me-policy.org are available to the public and are not MEPP original publication. Each publication includes a reference to the source location. MEPP is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of MEPP. Experts listed on MEPP are are independent or affiliated with their respective institutions and have no affiliation to MEPP.

Skip to toolbar