Wolfgang Mühlberger

EU-MENA relations (MENA=Middle East and North Africa), Levant: Israeli-Palestinian & Israeli-Arab conflicts, Lebanon, arab transformation: transitions in Tunisia and Egypt, conflicts in Libya and Syria, transnational and national islamist movements: Hamas, Hezbollah, Muslim Brotherhood. Conflict management, peace building, Security Sector Reform (SSR), scenarios...

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Egypt: Pharaonic Politics Redux?

Source: Al Jazeera Centre for Studies Author(s): Wolfgang Mühlberger Original Link: http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2016/02/2016216114532615382.html  Post the July 2013 coup: Tajdid an-Nidham a vs. the re-creation of the ‘pharaonic’ system The transition phase in Egypt, which started in early 2011, was marked by efforts of the body politic and its various constituencies to redefine its...

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Egypt’s democratic window-dressing: Procedural elections and paltry voter participation indicate a non-pluralistic transformation

Source: Finnish Institute Of International Affairs (Fiia) Author(s): Wolfgang Mühlberger Original Link: https://www.fiia.fi/en/publication/egypts-democratic-window-dressing The first round of parliamentary elections in October turned out to be symptomatic of a derailed democratic transition in Egypt. Mainly endorsing the return of authoritarian governance structures, they epitomize the...

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Egypt’s Botched Revolution: Absolutism and the Infelicitous Role of External Actors

Source: Finnish Institute Of International Affairs (Fiia) Author(s): Wolfgang Mühlberger Original Link: https://www.fiia.fi/en/publication/egypts-botched-revolution SUMMARY Egypt’s political transition entered a new phase with the military coup in mid-2013: pluralistic tendencies have been systematically uprooted and the Egyptian armed forces have positioned themselves as a determining...

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