The Middle East’s New Battle Lines

Source: Carnegie Middle East Center Author(s): Yasser El-Shimy Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/2018/05/18/middle-east-s-new-battle-lines-pub-76402 Riyadh and its Gulf allies view Cairo as a pivotal security partner. With the largest – and, arguably, most effective – standing military in the Arab world, Egypt has offered to become the ultimate bulwark of Gulf Arab national security. At...

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Yasser El-Shimy

Yasser El-Shimy was a visiting research fellow at ECFR, where he conducted research on EU-Egyptian relations in light of the latter’s socio-political situation. He has earned his PhD from Boston University in International Relations and Comparative Politics. His most recent research focuses on the roles of the military and the Muslim Brotherhood in the failure

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Egypt on the Edge: How Europe Can Avoid Another Crisis in Egypt

Source: Centre For Security Studies Author(s): Yasser El-Shimy, Anthony Dworkin Original Link: http://www.css.ethz.ch/en/services/digital-library/articles/article.html/e1f7c8c5-4f38-449b-b704-28f1284d79da Summary Europe’s current policy towards Egypt is dominated by immediate migration concerns and commercial opportunities. But this short-sighted approach offers few benefits and...

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Cairo’s Crude Crisis

Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Yasser El-Shimy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/63178 Low oil prices are heaping added pressure on Egypt’s currency crisis. While common wisdom holds that the finances of fuel-importing nations, such as Egypt, stand to benefit from declining energy prices, the net impact for Cairo’s economy is surprisingly negative. At least in the short...

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Did Sisi Save Egypt?

Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Nathan J. Brown, Yasser El-Shimy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/01/25/did-sisi-save-egypt-pub-62587 Five years ago, the leaders of Egypt’s protest movement shocked themselves by successfully bringing down President Hosni Mubarak, who had been in power since before many of them were born. In those days, it was not unusual to hear talk of...

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