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Sugar, rice and everything nice: Mobilizing voter turnout in Egypt’s presidential election

2018Democracy and PoliticsEgyptMadamasrMostafa MohiePaperWaad Ahmed
March 28, 2018 15:30 pm
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Source: MadaMasr Author(s): Mostafa Mohie and Waad Ahmed Original link:  https://madamirror.appspot.com/www.madamasr.com/en/2018/03/28/feature/politics/sugar-rice-and-everything-nice-mobilizing-voter-turnout-in-egypts-presidential-election/ While President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and members of his campaign have spoken sparsely on his sole competitor in the current presidential election, much has...

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Europe and the Egyptian election: Do not congratulate

2018Anthony DworkinDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptEuropean Council On Foreign RelationsForeign RelationsPaper
March 27, 2018 16:30 pm
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Source: European Council on Foreign Relations Author(s): Anthony Dworkin Original Link: http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_europe_and_the_egyptian_election_do_not_congratulate Sisi is eager for international endorsement. European leaders should withhold it. Voting in Egypt’s presidential election is still under way but the outcome is not in doubt. In the run-up to the poll, President Abdel...

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Egypt Election: A Reading in Likely Participation

2018Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesKhaled FouadPaper
March 26, 2018 15:19 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Khaled Fouad Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-election-a-reading-in-likely-participation/ Egypt Election: A Reading in Likely Participation The grave violations that the Egyptian regime committed during the period that preceded registration of candidates for the presidential election on January 20, 2018, and after that, until...

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How the World Should Respond to Egypt’s Authoritarian Resurgence

2018Democracy and PoliticsForeign RelationsMichael Wahid HannaPaperThe Century Foundation
March 22, 2018 14:20 pm
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s):  Michael Wahid Hanna Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/commentary/world-respond-egypts-authoritarian-resurgence/ Despite the Sisi regime’s heavy-handed culling of the electoral field for Egypt’s upcoming presidential election, international reaction to the country’s stifling political environment and escalating repression has been and will...

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Raising the Stakes: Implications of a Second Sisi Term

2018Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMinoritiesPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyWomen Affairs
March 21, 2018 16:13 pm
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Source: The Tahrir Institute Author(S): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/raising-the-stakes-implications-of-a-second-sisi-term/ Summary: Egypt’s 2018 presidential elections offer little illusion of any outcome than incumbent Abdel-Fattah el Sisi’s certain reelection to a second term; any expectation for free and fair elections was lost after four years of unprecedented...

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Egypt’s Presidential Elections and the Challenges Ahead

2018Arab Center Washington DCCharles DunneDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptPaper
March 20, 2018 17:16 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington Institute Author(s): Charles Dunne Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/egypts-presidential-elections-and-the-challenges-ahead/ The presidential election in Egypt will take place March 26-28, and it is widely understood that the serving president, Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, will be the winner. In the midst of an ongoing crackdown on opposition and an...

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Elections in Egypt: What Purpose Do They Serve?

2018Democracy and PoliticsEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMarina OttawayPaper
March 15, 2018 16:17 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Marina Ottaway Original Link: http://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/elections-egypt-what-purpose-do-they-serve-19864 The outcome of Egyptian presidential elections scheduled for March 26 is a foregone conclusion – incumbent President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will win and serve his second term unchallenged. The only...

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Elections in Egypt: Another setback for democracy

2018Democracy and PoliticsEgyptFrançois LaRochelleOpen CanadaPaper
February 26, 2018 20:39 pm
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Source: OpenCanada Author(s): François LaRochelle Original Link: https://www.opencanada.org/features/elections-egypt-another-setback-democracy/ Next month, between March 26 and 28, Egyptians vote for a new president. The results, however, are already known. The only real candidate, incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, will succeed himself. The head of a small party, Mousa Moustapha Mousa, is also...

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Egypt: Planned Presidential Vote Neither Free Nor Fair

2018Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchPaper
February 13, 2018 18:15 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/02/13/egypt-planned-presidential-vote-neither-free-nor-fair (Beirut) – The Egyptian government has trampled over even the minimum requirements for free and fair elections for the planned March 26-28, 2018 vote for president, fourteen international and regional rights organizations said today. The government...

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Why Sisi Seems Worried

2018CarnegieDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptMichele DunnePaper
February 12, 2018 18:45 pm
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Source: Carnegie Middle East Centre Author (s): Michele Dunne Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/75509 So far, 2018 has brought a host of challenges for Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, and it looks as though things will only get tougher for him in the coming weeks, before the presidential election in March. Sisi’s first challenge is to be revalidated to begin

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President Trump, Condemn This Sham Egyptian Election

2018Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHaisam HassaneinPaperWashington Institute
February 05, 2018 20:26 pm
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Source: Washington Institute Author(s): Haisam Hassanein Original Link: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/president-trump-condemn-this-sham-egyptian-election Four years after a bloody coup ended Egypt’s difficult transition to democracy, the most populous country in the Arab world is heading toward its fourth presidential vote. The Trump administration should call...

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