Egypt’s Constitutional Court Amendments: The International System On Its Own Terms

Source: Carnegie Author(s): MAI EL-SADANY and YASMIN OMAR Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/84941 New amendments to the law governing Egypt’s highest court are the latest in a series of steps intended to eat away at the international system; however, they threaten to further isolate the country and insert its judiciary into contentious foreign relations. Read more at original...

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Islamic Institutions in Arab States: Mapping the Dynamics of Control, Co-option, and Contention

Source: Carnegie Author(s): Frederic Wehrey ; Nathan J. Brown ; Michele Dunne Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/06/07/islamic-institutions-in-arab-states-mapping-dynamics-of-control-co-option-and-contention-pub-84647 The complex relations between the state and Islamic institutions in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Egypt, Algeria, and Morocco shed light on evolving...

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Adapting to a Region in Flux

Source: Carnegie Author(s): NAEL SHAMA Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/84498 Nabil Fahmy is a former Egyptian foreign minister, who has spent nearly four decades in public service. He worked in the offices of former president Anwar al-Sadat and his vice president at the time, Hosni Mubarak. He also served at Egypt’s permanent mission to the United Nations, and was Egypt’s

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Will the Page Turn on Turkish-Egyptian Relations?

Source: Carnegie Author(s): H. A. HELLYER, ZIYA MERAL Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/03/19/will-page-turn-on-turkish-egyptian-relations-pub-84124 Relations have long been complicated between Egypt and Turkey: two powerful countries who share lively economic links and queasy political relations. But recently Ankara has been edging toward a rapprochement. What’s going on? Read...

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Civil-Military Relations in Sisi’s Egypt

Source: Carnegie Author(s): Risa Brooks Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/2021/03/17/civil-military-relations-in-sisi-s-egypt-pub-84074 Given the challenges facing Egypt, Sisi has upended the basic formula of Egyptian civil-military relations and increased his personalist control over the military. Read more at original link

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The Dam That Broke Open an Ethiopia-Egypt Dispute

Source: Carnegie Author(s): SHERIF MOHYELDEEN Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/2021/02/12/dam-that-broke-open-ethiopia-egypt-dispute-pub-83867 As Egypt and Ethiopia negotiate the details of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, tensions are on the rise. Sudan, which has vested interest in the dam, too, could be an essential third party to smooth over the disputes. Read more at original...

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