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2020 Year in Review

2020Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
December 14, 2020 14:56 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/2020-year-review A look back at the year’s most important developments with analysis from Paul Salem, Alex Vatanka, Randa Slim, Gerald Feierstein, Gonul Tol, Jonathan M. Winer, Khaled Elgindy, Marvin G. Weinbaum, Mirette F. Mabrouk, Grace Wermenbol, Syed Mohammad Ali, Robert S. Ford, and...

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Power Rivalry in the Horn: Egypt’s View of Ethiopia’s Tigrayan Woes

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsGiuseppe DenticeHuman RightsItalian Institute for International Political StudiesPaper
December 09, 2020 15:07 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Giuseppe Dentice Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/power-rivalry-horn-egypts-view-ethiopias-tigrayan-woes-28613 “We need to look beyond our immediate issues such as Eritrea, Somalia, and the problems of the two Sudans. Those [are] issues we can handle […]. We face two strategic adversaries...

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Geopolitics and human rights in the spotlight as President Sisi visits France

2020EgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
December 07, 2020 15:21 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-end-intra-gcc-dispute-headline-or-hype As timings for state visits go, this one could have been a little better. On Dec. 6 Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi visited France on an official state visit, at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron.  Read more at...

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The Arab Spring at Ten Years: What’s the Legacy of the Uprisings?

2020Civil SocietyCouncil On Foreign RelationsCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptKali RobinsonPaper
December 04, 2020 15:29 pm
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Source: Council on Foreign Relations Author(s): Kali Robinson Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/article/arab-spring-ten-years-whats-legacy-uprisings Ten years on, the lives of people in Arab Spring countries have improved in certain aspects but worsened in others. CFR.org visualizes the changes in Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen. Read more at original link

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Risa Brooks

Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyExpertMilitary AffairsRisa Brooks
December 02, 2020 15:32 pm
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Dr. Brooks is the Allis Chalmers Associate Professor of Political Science and a non-resident senior associate in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Dr. Brooks’ research focuses on issues related to American and comparative civil-military relations, military effectiveness, and militant & terrorist organizations; she...

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Robert Springborg

Democracy and PoliticsEconomyExpertMilitary AffairsRobert Springborg
December 02, 2020 15:21 pm
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Robert Springborg is Visiting Professor in the Department of War Studies, King’s College, London, and a non-resident research fellow of the Italian Institute of International Affairs. Until October 2013, he was Professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School and Program Manager for the Middle East for the Center for Civil-Military Relations. His

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The Massacre of Minarets in Al-Azhar’s Egypt

2020Amer Abdel MoneimCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesIslamic Movements and InstitutionsPaper
December 02, 2020 15:12 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Amer Abdel Moneim Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/the-massacre-of-minarets-in-al-azhars-egypt/ Egypt’s mosques are exposed to continued government campaigns to limit their role, disrupt their mission, and reduce their influence in Egyptian society. This hostility to mosques culminated in demolition of scores of them and destruction of...

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Factionalism in the Security Sector: The Dawn of a New Order?

2020Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesKevin KöhlerMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
December 01, 2020 16:42 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Kevin Köhler Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/factionalism-security-sector-dawn-new-order-28503 Egypt’s formal political scene is tightly controlled as President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi strives to institutionalize military rule. However, the significant role played by different elements of the...

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The Old and the New in Egyptian Civil-Military Relations

2020Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMilitary AffairsPaperRisa Brooks
December 01, 2020 15:32 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Risa Brooks Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/old-and-new-egyptian-civil-military-relations-28502 Under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the Egyptian military is tightening its grasp on the economy and strangling civilian politics and society — but this is nothing new. Rather...

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