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What Anwar Sadat’s murder 40 years ago meant for the Middle East

2021Bruce RiedalCulture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptPaperThe Brookings Institution
October 01, 2021 14:39 pm
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Source: Bruce Riedal Author(s): Brookings Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/10/01/what-anwar-sadats-murder-40-years-ago-meant-for-the-middle-east/ Forty years ago, on October 6, 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated by Islamist terrorists in Cairo. I was then the Egypt analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and had just published an...

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Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan: A new partnership 30 years in the making?

2021Bruce RiedalDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsHealthKatherine HarveyPaperThe Brookings Institution
July 05, 2021 13:59 pm
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Source: Brookings Author(s): Bruce Riedel and Katherine Harvey Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/07/02/egypt-iraq-and-jordan-a-new-partnership-30-years-in-the-making/ In April, the news that Iraq was mediating between longtime rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran captivated Middle East watchers. Iraq’s new role as a Saudi-Iran intermediary comes as the Saudis have...

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Policy and Institutional Responses to COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa: Egypt

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHealthPaperRobert P. Beschel Jr.The Brookings Institution
January 28, 2021 16:18 pm
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Source: Brookings Author(s): Robert P. Beschel Jr. Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/research/policy-and-institutional-responses-to-covid-19-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-egypt/ The Egyptian government implemented a nationwide lockdown and social distancing measures to control the spread of COVID-19 starting in March 2020. The highest levels of the central government were...

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Combatting injustice from abroad: the diaspora’s role in transitional justice in Egypt

2020Ahmed MefrehCivil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsPaperThe Brookings Institution
November 24, 2020 14:51 pm
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Source: Brookings Author(s): Ahmed Mefreh Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/combatting-injustice-from-abroad-the-diasporas-role-in-transitional-justice-in-egypt/ The Egyptian diaspora community has increasingly become the first line of defense for victims of human rights violations in Egypt. Since a state-led transitional justice process is not possible in the present context...

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The needed reset for the US-Egypt relationship

2020Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsPaperTamara Cofman WittesThe Brookings Institution
September 10, 2020 14:13 pm
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Source: Brookings Author(s): Tamara Cofman Wittes Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/09/10/the-needed-reset-for-the-us-egypt-relationship Yesterday afternoon, I testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa about Egyptian politics and the U.S.-Egypt relationship. My full testimony is available here; below are some...

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The controversy over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

2020Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsJohn Mukum MbakuPaperThe Brookings Institution
August 05, 2020 13:57 pm
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Source: Brookings Author(s): John Mukum Mbaku Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2020/08/05/the-controversy-over-the-grand-ethiopian-renaissance-dam/ Recently, the tensions among Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile have escalated, particularly after Ethiopia announced that it had started filling the GERD’s...

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Egypt, COVID-19, and the economy: A combustible mix?

2020Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptGeneive AbdoHealthPaperThe Brookings Institution
May 18, 2020 14:19 pm
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Source: Brookings Author(s): Geneive Abdo Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/egypt-covid-19-and-the-economy-a-combustible-mix/ Egyptians, known throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for their flamboyant Ramadan celebrations, are experiencing a more subdued month of fasting this year. If the lack of merriment were the only casualty in the time of COVID-19, it...

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Hosni Mubarak’s risk-averse reign brought Egypt to calamity

2020Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptPaperTamara Cofman WittesThe Brookings Institution
February 25, 2020 18:34 pm
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Source: Brookings Author(s): Tamara Cofman Wittes Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/02/25/hosni-mubaraks-risk-averse-reign-brought-egypt-to-calamity/ On my first day as an Obama administration deputy assistant secretary of state in November 2009, I sat down with my boss Jeff Feltman and his principal deputy Ron Schlicher for a meeting. “What are your...

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Addisu Lashitew

Addisu LashitewEconomyExpertForeign RelationsThe Brookings Institution
February 19, 2020 19:09 pm
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Addisu Lashitew is a David M. Rubenstein Fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution. He has previously held postdoctoral researcher positions at Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands) and Simon Fraser University (Canada). Lashitew’s research interest spans various topics in development economics, including firm growth and productivity, resource...

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Why Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan should ditch a rushed, Washington-brokered Nile Treaty

2020Addisu LashitewCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsPaperThe Brookings Institution
February 18, 2020 19:09 pm
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Source: Brookings Author(s): Addisu Lashitew Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2020/02/18/why-ethiopia-egypt-and-sudan-should-ditch-a-rushed-washington-brokered-nile-treaty/ The ambitious Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been a point of contention among Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan in recent years. The GERD is now 70 percent complete and its reservoir...

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Beijing calling: Assessing China’s growing footprint in North Africa

2019Adel Abdel GhafarAnna JacobsCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsPaperThe Brookings Institution
September 23, 2019 19:03 pm
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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Adel Abdel Ghafar and Anna L. Jacobs Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/research/beijing-calling-assessing-chinas-growing-footprint-in-north-africa/ As the United States slowly disengages from the Middle East, and as Europe faces internal challenges, a new actor is quietly exerting greater influence across North Africa. China has been strategically...

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The new geopolitics of the Middle East: America’s role in a changing region

2019Amanda SloatBruce JonesBruce RiedalCulture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptForeign RelationsJeffrey FeltmanKemal KirisciMartin S. IndykNatan SachsPaperSamantha GrossSuzanne MaloneyTamara Cofman WittesThe Brookings Institution
January 08, 2019 16:38 pm
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Source: Brookings Author(s): Jeffrey Feltman, Samantha Gross, Martin Indyk, Kemal Kirişci, Suzanne Maloney, Bruce Riedel, Natan Sachs, Amanda Sloat, Angela Stent, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and Bruce Jones Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-new-geopolitics-of-the-middle-east-americas-role-in-a-changing-region/ DIRECTOR’S SUMMARY The perception of U.S. withdrawal from the Middle...

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