The Protests in Egypt: A Wake-Up Call?

Source: The Institute for National Security Studies Author(s): Ofir Winter and Doron Ella Original Link: https://www.inss.org.il/publication/the-protests-in-egypt-a-wake-up-call/?offset=0&posts=undefined&outher=undefined&from_date=undefined&to_date=undefined Over recent weeks, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was confronted was with his gravest public crisis since taking...

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Natural Gas in the Eastern Mediterranean: Will Economic Wisdom Prevail?

Source: The Institute for National Security Studies Author(s):  Oded Eran Original Link:  https://www.inss.org.il/publication/natural-gas-in-the-eastern-mediterranean-will-economic-wisdom-prevail/?offset=0&posts=undefined&outher=undefined&from_date=undefined&to_date=undefined Among the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean – a region with a long history of rivalries and...

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The Chinese Development Model: A Cure for Egyptian Woes?

Source: The Institute for National Security Studies Author(s): Ofir Winter and Doron Ella Original Link: https://www.inss.org.il/publication/the-chinese-development-model-a-cure-for-egyptian-woes/ As Egypt formulates and implements its economic reform program, its official discourse refers to China with increasing frequency as a supreme positive example. “The Chinese development model” – as it...

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Egypt and Israel: From Peace between Leaders and Armies to Peace between Peoples

Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Ofir Winter and Udi Dekel Original Link: https://www.inss.org.il/publication/egypt-israel-peace-leaders-armies-peace-peoples/ March 2019 marks the fortieth anniversary of the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. This signed agreement affirmed peace as the strategic choice of both countries, and in turn distanced them from the...

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Beyond Energy: The Significance of the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum

Source: The Institute for National Security Studies Author(s): Ofir Winter and Gallia Lindenstrauss Original Link: https://www.inss.org.il/publication/beyond-energy-significance-eastern-mediterranean-gas-forum/ The Energy Ministers of Egypt, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority met in Cairo in mid-January 2019 to discuss the establishment of the Eastern...

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The War on Terrorism in Sinai: A Watershed?

Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Yoram Schweitzer, Ofir Winter Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/war-terrorism-sinai-watershed/ The November 24, 2017 attack on al-Rawda mosque in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula, apparently by Wilayat Sinai, a proxy of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Egypt, was the most deadly terrorist attack Egypt has ever...

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The IMF Egyptian Assistance Program, One Year On

Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Nizan Feldman, Ofir Winter Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/imf-egyptian-assistance-program-one-year/ The financial assistance program to Egypt by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), approved in November 2016, has scored important achievements, even as it has presented Cairo with complicated economic and...

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Egypt’s Challenging Shift from Counterterrorism to Counterinsurgency in the Sinai

Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Ofir Winter, Meirav Malter Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/egypts-challenging-shift-counterterrorism-counterinsurgency-sinai/ Since June 2017, Egypt has been dealing with a signficant rise in terror attacks in the Sinai Peninsula and inside Egypt by Sinai Province, the Islamic State affiliate. Improving the...

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Israel’s Empty Embassy in Cairo

Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Ofir Winter Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/israels-empty-embassy-cairo/ Since the normalization of relations between Israel and Egypt, the only time that the Israeli presence in Cairo was cut off completely came in late 2016, when the Israeli ambassador and his staff returned to Israel due to security warnings...

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Egypt’s War on Terrorism in the Sinai Peninsula: Alliance with Tribes, Partnership with Israel?

Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Yoram Schweitzer, Ofir Winter Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/egypts-war-terrorism-sinai-peninsula-alliance-tribes-partnership-israel/ Egypt’s failure in fighting the Salafi-jihadi terrorism in the Sinai Peninsula and its movement into other parts of the country had led to a new stage in the fight against terror...

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Egypt’s Advance toward a New Social Contract

Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Ofir Winter Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/egypts-advance-toward-a-new-social-contract/ On November 11, 2016, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a loan of $12 billion to Egypt over three years, to help it undertake an ambitious reform plan that should enable it to overcome years of structural problems...

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The Weakening of Wilayat Sinai

Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Yoram Schweitzer Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/the-weakening-of-wilayat-sinai/ Wilayat Sinai, an organization identified with the Islamic State, has recently suffered a series of serious blows from the Egyptian army. Most prominent among them was the air strike in early August 2016 that killed dozens of senior...

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