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Recycling pro-regime political elite in Egypt

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesPaperWessam Fauad
December 23, 2020 15:21 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Wessam Fauad Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/recycling-pro-regime-political-elite-in-egypt/ The political elite loyal to the ruling regime in Egypt can be divided into four sub-divisions, namely: 1- The “decision-making elite”: which includes the loyal political elite responsible for making the state’s public policies; 2- The “backing...

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From Free Space to a Tool of Oppression: What Happened to the Internet Since the Arab Spring?

2021Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptMarwa FataftaMediaPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
December 20, 2020 15:56 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Marwa Fatafta Original Link:  As we mark the tenth anniversary of the Arab Spring, we reflect on how increasingly authoritarian digital spaces have become. What tactics have authoritarian Arab governments added to their playbooks since? Read more at original link

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Roundtable: Keeping the Peace in the Nile Basin

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsFrezer Getachew HailePaperPeter SchwartzsteinThe Century FoundationTimothy E. Kaldas
December 14, 2020 15:47 pm
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): FREZER GETACHEW HAILE, TIMOTHY E. KALDAS AND PETER SCHWARTZSTEIN Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/keeping-peace-nile-basin/ The world’s longest river is not a happy place. For almost a decade, Egypt and Ethiopia have been locked in a war of words over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which Addis Ababa is building on the Blue...

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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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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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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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Berenice in the Red Sea Rebus: What’s Still Vague in the Egypt-Saudi Alliance

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEleonora ArdemagniForeign RelationsItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMilitary AffairsPaper
December 01, 2020 15:21 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Eleonora Ardemagni Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/berenice-red-sea-rebus-whats-still-vague-egypt-saudi-alliance-28507 Since 2013, Egypt has been strengthening its naval power: this particularly regards the strategic direction of the Red Sea. In fact, the military declared “strategic zones of...

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Sisi’s Egypt Moves from Military Economy to Family Firm

2020Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMilitary AffairsPaperRobert Springborg
December 01, 2020 15:21 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Robert Springborg Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/sisis-egypt-moves-military-economy-family-firm-28504 When Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi seized power in 2013, he inherited a military economy under the control of the officer corps and primarily serving its economic interests. He...

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The Army is Not the Winner in Border Battlefields

2020Allison McmanusCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMilitary AffairsPaper
December 01, 2020 15:17 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Allison McManus Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/army-not-winner-border-battlefields-28505 As Egypt approaches the ten-year anniversary of uprisings against former president Hosni Mubarak, wins and losses of the past decade have come into a clear focus. The military, above all, has emerged as a...

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Matrouh: Egypt’s Linchpin in North Africa and the Mediterranean

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsGiuseppe DenticeItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
December 01, 2020 15:15 pm
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Source: Giuseppe Dentice Author(s): Italian Institute for International Political Studies Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/matrouh-egypts-linchpin-north-africa-and-mediterranean-28506 Over the last decade, the deep transformations moving through the broader Mediterranean region have created new opportunities and challenges. The Libyan crisis and the tensions in the...

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