The State of Internet Censorship in Egypt

Source: OONI Author(s): Mohammad El-Taher, Hassan Al-Azhary, Sarah Mohsen, Leonid Evdokimov, Maria Xynou Original Link: https://ooni.io/post/egypt-internet-censorship/ Last year, Egypt ordered the blocking of 21 news websites. OONI, a censorship measurement project under the Tor Project, responded by publishing a report on the blocking of (at least) 10 media websites, including Mada Masr and...

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The Aftermath of Egypt’s 2018 Presidential Election: Stormy Weather Ahead

Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Charles W. Dunne Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/the-aftermath-of-egypts-2018-presidential-election-stormy-weather-ahead/ The Egyptian presidential election of March 2018 posed a simple challenge for incumbent President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi. He needed a convincing victory (by authoritarian standards) against superficially...

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Behind Egypt’s New Wave of Arrests

Source: Carnegie Endowment  Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/76709 Since Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi won reelection in March with a record 97.08 percent of the vote—and particularly since his inauguration ceremony on June 2—the Egyptian regime has embarked on a renewed campaign of repression against prominent activists and opposition...

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Egyptian Military & Destruction of Economy – 2

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Abdelhafez Alsawy Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egyptian-military-destruction-of-economy-2/ VI- Aggravation of the Energy Crisis in Egypt Reuters News Agency published on Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015, reports stating that the energy crisis in Egypt is continuing indefinitely, which means a dramatic decline in economic activity and increasing...

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Egypt’s Party Consolidation and the Stifling of Pluralism

Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Policy Author(s): Tim Deedy Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/egypts-party-consolidation-and-the-stifling-of-pluralism/ When Egypt held its parliamentary elections in fall 2015, a mere 26.5 percent of eligible voters participated in the election. Egyptians seemed apathetic about the vote: the parties lacked familiarity and did not...

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Egyptian Military & Destruction of Economy – 1

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s):  Abdelhafez Alsawy Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egyptian-military-destruction-of-economy-1/ I- Decline in Egyptian Exports The Egyptian Economy has suffered a consistent decline in all sectors during the last five years, especially after the military coup in July, 2013, in spite of the enormous support provided to the Egyptian regime...

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Scott N. Romaniuk

  Scott N. Romaniuk is a Doctoral Researcher in the School of International Studies, University of Trento. He is the Editor of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Modern War (2015) and The Palgrave Handbook of Global Counterterrorism Policy (2017). His research interests include international relations, security studies, terrorism, and political violence...

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Tobias J. Burgers

Tobias J. Burgers is a Doctoral Researcher at the Otto Suhr Institute, Free University Berlin, from which he holds a Master’s in Political Science. His research interests include the impact of cyber and robotic technology on security dynamics, East-Asian security relations, maritime security and the future of conflict.   https://jamestown.org/analyst/tobias-j-burgers/

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June 2018 Analysis: Human Rights Key Topic Among Researchers

From January to late May, a range of think tanks and international organizations published detailed reports and papers regarding human rights violations in Egypt committed by the Egyptian government and its security apparatus since the military coup in July 2013. Violations include suppressing opposing candidates from elections, sexual assault from security forces, to torture and

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Moscow’s Maghreb Moment

Source: Carnegie Middle East Center Author(s): Dalia Ghanem-Yazbeck and Vasily Kuznetsov Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/76572 For the last decade and a half, Russia has sought to regain influence in North Africa. To strengthen its presence in a region that more commonly interacts with the United States and the European Union (EU), Moscow has shown an ability to seize...

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Africa in the World Cup: Building Cohesion Through the World’s Most Watched Sport

Source: Brookings Institute  Author(s): Karim Foda and Mariama Sow Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2018/06/13/africa-in-the-world-cup-building-cohesion-through-the-worlds-most-watched-sport/ The World Cup, which starts this week, is the most-watched sporting event in the world, having reached more than 3 billion people in 2014. This year, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria...

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