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Protests of the Poor in Egypt: Causes and Implications

2020Arab Center Washington DCCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptKhalil Al AnaniPaper
October 21, 2020 14:09 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Khalil al-Anani Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/protests-of-the-poor-in-egypt-causes-implications/ On September 20th, a series of anti-government demonstrations broke out in a number of Egyptian governorates and villages protesting the social and economic conditions of the country. These demonstrations coincided with the first...

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Egypt-Iraq-Jordan Alliance Tries to Change Middle East Dynamics

2020Arab Center Washington DCCurtis R. RyanDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsPaper
September 16, 2020 14:04 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Curtis R. Ryan Original Link: On August 25, 2020, the leaders of Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan met in Amman for the third in a succession of meetings marking ever-closer relations between the three Arab states. Earlier meetings had taken place in March 2019 in Cairo and in September 2019 in New York City, on the

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Egypt’s Counterterrorism Strategy in Sinai: Challenges and Failures

2020Arab Center Washington DCDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsKhalil Al AnaniMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinai
August 31, 2020 14:20 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Khalil al-Anani Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/egypts-counterterrorism-strategy-in-sinai-challenges-and-failures/ Egypt has been fighting terrorism and an insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula for the past decade and a half with no sign of a decisive victory. Although the Egyptian military has conducted several military...

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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Egypt’s Military Options

2020Arab Center Washington DCCharles DunneDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
July 30, 2020 13:53 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Charles W. Dunne Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/the-grand-ethiopian-renaissance-dam-and-egypts-military-options Just a month after Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry seemed to raise the possibility of military action to counter the threat to Egypt posed by the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, or GERD, President...

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Understanding Egypt’s Strategy in Libya

2020Arab Center Washington DCDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsKhalil Al AnaniMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
July 08, 2020 14:15 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Khalil al-Anani Original Link:  On June 20, Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi threatened direct military intervention in Libya if the forces of the United Nations-supported Government of National Accord (GNA), led by Fayez al-Sarraj, advanced toward the city of Sirte and the military base of al-Jufra. In fact, GNA forces reached the outskirts...

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Water Conflict Between Egypt and Ethiopia: A Defining Moment for Both Countries

2020Arab Center Washington DCCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsKhalil Al AnaniPaper
June 16, 2020 13:49 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Khalil al-Anani Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/water-conflict-between-egypt-and-ethiopia-a-defining-moment-for-both-countries/ On June 9, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan resumed talks over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which have been stalled since February. The new round of talks, held virtually due to COVID-19...

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Politics of COVID-19 in Egypt: Between Repression and Opportunism

2020Arab Center Washington DCCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHealthKhalil Al AnaniPaper
May 12, 2020 15:25 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Khalil al-Anani Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/politics-of-covid-19-in-egypt-between-repression-and-opportunism/ Like other authoritarian regimes around the globe, the government in Egypt is exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the guise of fighting the coronavirus, it is cracking down on critics and imposing more...

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Egypt-Turkey Strained Relations: Implications for Regional Security

2020Arab Center Washington DCEgyptForeign RelationsKhalil Al AnaniPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
March 18, 2020 18:17 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s):  Khalil al-Anani Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/egypt-turkey-strained-relations-implications-for-regional-security/ Recent media reports highlighted Egypt’s attempt to form a regional security coalition against Turkey. This is the latest episode in the strained and tense relations between the two countries that have had a...

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State Terror in Egypt: Is It Time for Accountability?

2020Arab Center Washington DCCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsKhalil Al AnaniMediaSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
March 02, 2020 18:56 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Khalil al-Anani Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/state-terror-in-egypt-is-it-time-for-accountability/ Egyptians have been living under a cruel dictatorship since the summer of 2013. The numbers of political detainees, extrajudicial killings, deaths in prison due to torture and medical negligence, forced disappearances, and mass...

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Egypt’s Puzzling Dilemma: Escalating Challenges and Obstructed Mobilization

2020Arab Center Washington DCCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaperSahar Khamis
February 20, 2020 21:47 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Sahar Khamis Original Link:  http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/egypts-puzzling-dilemma-escalating-challenges-and-obstructed-mobilization/ When Egypt’s historic revolution erupted in 2011, stunning the world with its magnitude, peacefulness, organization, and solidarity, the popular demands chanted by the Egyptian people were...

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Closer Egyptian-Russian Relations Causing a Headache in Washington

2019Arab Center Washington DCDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsGregory AftandilianMilitary AffairsPaper
November 26, 2019 18:40 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Gregory Aftandilian Original Link:  http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/closer-egyptian-russian-relations-causing-a-headache-in-washington/ Egypt’s intended purchase of advanced Russian fighter jets is raising alarm bells in Washington and has prompted US officials to threaten Cairo with sanctions under legislation passed in 2017. Despite...

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Egypt’s Protests: A Sign the Arab Spring Is Alive

2019Arab Center Washington DCCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptImad K. HarbPaper
September 24, 2019 14:33 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Imad K. Harb Original Link:  http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/egypts-protests-a-sign-the-arab-spring-is-alive/ What little is known about the demonstrations that broke out in Egyptian cities since Friday, September 20, is that they are spontaneous and the protesters are demanding the departure of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi and his coterie...

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