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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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UN rights review roundly criticizes Egypt over prison conditions, civil society violations, discrimination

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsMadamasrPaper
November 18, 2019 18:22 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Madamasr Original Link:  https://madamasr.com/en/2019/11/18/news/u/un-rights-review-roundly-criticizes-egypt-over-prison-conditions-civil-society-violations-discrimination/ Despite intensive lobbying to stem criticism of Egypt’s track record on civil liberties and the conditions of civil society, United Nations member states issued 372 recommendations to...

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Dividing the Nile

2019Andrew MillerCarnegieCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsPaper
November 06, 2019 18:16 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Andrew Miller Original Link:  https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/80283 One of the tragedies of the U.S.-Egyptian relationship is that American policymakers often can do little to protect U.S. interests without the active cooperation of Egyptian policymakers, who tend to be anything but cooperative. The dispute between Egypt, Ethiopia, and other Nile riparian countries...

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The Trinity of Budgetary Institutions, Political Institutions and Fiscal Cyclicality: Evidence from Egypt

2019Democracy and PoliticsEconomic Research ForumEconomyEgyptMohamed ZakyPaperSarah El Khishin
October 31, 2019 20:10 pm
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Sarah El Khishin and Mohamed Zaky Original Link:  http://erf.org.eg/publications/the-trinity-of-budgetary-institutions-political-institutions-and-fiscal-cyclicality-evidence-from-egypt-2/ Fiscal policy is empirically proven in many papers as procyclical in developing countries as a result of longstanding weaknesses in budgetary and political...

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Russia in the Middle East: Jack of All Trades, Master of None

2019CarnegieDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptEugene RumerForeign RelationsPaper
October 31, 2019 17:56 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Eugene Rumer Original Link:  https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/10/31/russia-in-middle-east-jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none-pub-80233 The 2015 Russian military intervention in Syria was a pivotal moment for Moscow’s Middle East policy. Largely absent from the Middle East for the better part of the previous two decades, Russia intervened to save Bashar...

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Egypt’s Challenge of Stateness After the Arab Spring

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptKhader SawaedPaper
October 29, 2019 18:05 pm
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Source: The Institute for National Security Studies Author(s): Khader Sawaed Original Link:  https://www.inss.org.il/publication/egypts-challenge-of-stateness-after-the-arab-spring/?offset=0&posts=undefined&outher=undefined&from_date=undefined&to_date=undefined The revolution of January 25, 2011 in Egypt, which constituted one of the many upheavals of the Arab Spring, resulted...

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Egypt After the 2011 Revolution: Divisions in Postprotest Pathways

2019CarnegieCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHafsa HalawaHuman RightsPaper
October 24, 2019 17:38 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Hafsa Halawa Original Link: https://carnegieeurope.eu/2019/10/24/egypt-after-2011-revolution-divisions-in-postprotest-pathways-pub-80141 Much has been written about Egypt’s revolution in 2011. Given that the military retook power only two years later in June 2013, the widespread view is that this revolution failed utterly. However, the protests of 2011 and 2013 left...

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TIMEP Brief: Use of Surveillance Technology in MENA

2019Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
October 23, 2019 17:30 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Original Link:  https://timep.org/reports-briefings/timep-brief-use-of-surveillance-technology-in-mena/ Governments across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have increasingly procured surveillance technology, often from technology firms based in North America and Europe , in...

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The Protests in Egypt: A Wake-Up Call?

2019Civil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsDoron EllaEgyptOfir WinterPaperThe Institute For National Security Studies
October 07, 2019 17:02 pm
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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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Egypt: Largest wave of mass arrests since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi came to power

2019Amnesty InternationalCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsPaper
October 02, 2019 14:18 pm
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Source: Amnesty International Author(s): Amnesty International Original Link:  https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/10/egypt-largest-wave-of-mass-arrests-since-president-abdel-fattah-al-sisi-came-to-power/ Over the past 12 days, Egyptian authorities have launched the biggest crackdown under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s rule rounding up more than 2,300 people – at least 111 of them...

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Egypt: why protests against al-Sisi

2019Alessia MelcangiCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesPaper
September 30, 2019 14:06 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Alessia Melcangi Original Link:  https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/egitto-perche-si-protesta-contro-al-sisi-24050 From his voluntary Spanish exile he had launched the appeal to gather a million people in protest, “the million man march”, Muhammad ‘Ali , the entrepreneur and businessman who in...

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Biggest wave of arrests since Sisi took office: 1909 people detained

2019Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsMadamasrPaper
September 26, 2019 14:50 pm
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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Madamasr Original Link:  https://madamasr.com/en/2019/09/26/feature/politics/biggest-wave-of-arrests-since-sisi-took-office-1909-people-detained/ A wide and aggressive sweep by security forces continues, with at least 1,909 people arrested as of early Thursday morning, according to the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights. This arrest campaign, which...

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