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The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights’ Position on the Death Penalty

2017Democracy and PoliticsEgyptian Initiative For Personal RightsHuman RightsPaperUnknown
October 10, 2017 05:54 am
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Source: Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://eipr.org/en/publications/egyptian-initiative-personal-rights%E2%80%99-position-death-penalty Introduction The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) opposes the death penalty in principle and in all cases without exception, because it constitutes a grave violation of human rights, does not achieve...

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Sisi’s Expanding Authority

2017CarnegieDemocracy and PoliticsMaged MandourPaper
October 04, 2017 05:56 am
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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Maged Mandour Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/73227 In advance of Egypt’s presidential election, scheduled to take place between February and May 2018, Egyptian MP Ismail Nasreddine put forth a proposal to amend Article 140 of the Egyptian Constitution to extend the presidential term from four to six years, postponing the election until...

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Egypt between 2 Boxes: Elections and ammunition

2017Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesKhaled FouadPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
October 01, 2017 03:40 am
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Source: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Khaled Fouad Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-between-2-boxes-elections-and-ammunition/ While Egypt’s 2018 presidential elections are approaching, there is a key question that needs to be answered before going into any details related to the upcoming elections, namely: To what extent can the ballot boxes win the ammunition boxes? In...

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1095 Days of al-Sisi’s Presidency: The Upcoming Egyptian Presidential Elections on SNS

2017Democracy and PoliticsMediaMichael BarakPaperThe Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies
September 30, 2017 05:52 am
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Source: The Moshe Dayan Center For Middle Eastern And African Studies Author(s): Michael Barak Original Link: https://dayan.org/content/1095-days-al-sisi%E2%80%99s-presidency-upcoming-egyptian-presidential-elections-sns Against the backdrop of preparations for the Egyptian presidential elections scheduled for April 2018, social networking sites (SNS) in Egypt have been, for several months...

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Factbox: Egypt and North Korea

2017Atlantic CouncilDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsMargaret SuterPaper
September 18, 2017 03:39 am
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Source: Atlantic Council Author(s): Margaret Suter Original Link: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/factbox-egypt-and-north-korea On September 12, during a visit to Seoul, South Korea, Egypt’s Defense Minister reportedly announced that Egypt would be severing military ties with the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea. The alleged announcement and subsequent speculation...

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The Egyptian Crisis: Analysis of reality

2017Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesMohamed KamalPaper
September 17, 2017 03:46 am
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Source: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Mohamed Kamal Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/the-egyptian-crisis-analysis-of-reality/ The Egyptian Crisis: Analysis of reality The Egyptian crisis has gone beyond attracting the attention of social, economic and political researchers to drowning the non-politicized citizen who found himself in the midst of a fierce conflict between right...

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U.S. Aid to Egypt Should Hinge on Rule of Law

2017Brad YoungbloodDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
September 13, 2017 03:38 am
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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Brad Youngblood Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/u-s-aid-to-egypt-should-hinge-on-rule-of-law/ The United States Department of State announced three weeks ago that it would withhold $95.7 million in aid from Egypt and delay a further $195 million because of the country’s lack of respect for human rights. This...

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What Does the Future Hold for U.S.-Egyptian Relations?

2017CarnegieDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsMichael YoungPaper
September 07, 2017 03:38 am
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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michael Young Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/73010 The presidents of Egypt and the United States are a match made in the hell of activists’ nightmares—thin-skinned, authoritarian populists who gain political traction from a “war on terrorism” that, to their followers, justifies a myriad of abuses. Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, a general turned...

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The Tragic Tale of Egypt’s Decline: Is It Also the Story of America’s Future?

2017Council On Foreign RelationsDemocracy and PoliticsForeign RelationsPaperSteven A. Cook
August 28, 2017 05:54 am
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Source: Council On Foreign Relations Author(s): Steven A. Cook Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/blog/tragic-tale-egypts-decline-it-also-story-americas-future This article was originally published here on Salon.com on Sunday, August 27, 2017. Alexandria, Egypt’s second city, was once a cosmopolitan place. Nestled in the eastern Mediterranean at the corner of Africa and the Levant, it...

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Back to Cairo after 6 years

2017Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesFrancesca BorriPaper
August 23, 2017 03:46 am
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Source: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Francesca Borri Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/back-to-cairo-after-6-years/ Back to Cairo after 6 years Whoever stands against general Sisi, here, ends up in jail, or disappears: it is well known. But it’s kinda normal. Today Egypt is somehow off the radar. Research institutes have no recent report on the country. Even the

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Tiran and Sanafir: Developments, Dynamics, and Implications

2017Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsJudicial AffairsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East PolicyUnknown
August 09, 2017 03:38 am
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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/tiran-and-sanafir-developments-dynamics-and-implications/ Summary: On June 24, 2017, President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi officially signed into effect the controversial Tiran and Sanafir agreement, giving Saudi Arabia sovereignty over the two Red Sea islands at the mouth of the...

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Egyptian Debt: the Road to the Abyss

2017Ashraf DawabaDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHuman RightsPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
July 26, 2017 03:39 am
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Source: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Ashraf Dawaba Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/egyptian-debt-the-road-to-the-abyss/ Egyptian Debt: the Road to the Abyss In its introduction, the study explains that public debt is one of the important issues that have direct impact on the economics of the countries and its people’s standard of living and the future of current and

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