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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Egypt’s Orwellian Populisms

Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Hamzawy Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/65051 After the July 2013 coup that removed President Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s old-new ruling establishment, centered around military and security generals, depended increasingly on religious populism and nationalistic populism. This allowed Egypt’s rulers to tighten their grip on many aspects of life...

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Report: Rethinking U.S. Economic Aid to Egypt

Source: Pomed – Project On Middle East Democracy Author(s): Amy Hawthorne Original Link: http://pomed.org/pomed-publications/new-report-rethinking-u-s-economic-aid-to-egypt/ In a new POMED Report, Rethinking U.S. Economic Aid to Egypt, POMED Deputy Director for Research Amy Hawthorne takes a detailed look at U.S. bilateral economic aid for Egypt. Since the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty...

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Egypt’s Attack on Civil Society

Source: Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Author(s): Bahey Eldin Hassan Original Link: http://www.cihrs.org/?p=19218&lang=en Compared with some of my fellow Egyptians, I have been lucky. I have received only death threats. Some of my countrymen and women have lost their lives in the struggle for freedom and dignity. My first death threat came 25 years

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How Social Media Undermined Egypt’s Democratic Transition

Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Marc Lynch, Deen Freelon, Sean Aday Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/10/07/how-social-media-undermined-egypt-s-democratic-transition-pub-64830 Egypt’s 2011 uprising has become synonymous with the successful use of social media to overthrow an entrenched authoritarian regime. Popular and academic literature hold it up as the paradigm of...

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I.M.F. Reforms Not Enough to Repair Egypt’s Economy

Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Hossam Abougabal, Achment Gonim Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/article/imf-reforms-not-enough-repair-egypt-s-economy Addressing Egypt’s economic woes remains a matter of urgency for the stability of the government and the country as a whole. Egypt’s economic recovery plan, which was spearheaded by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in 2015...

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Like a Hole in the Head

Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michele Dunne Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/64611 When an Egyptian delegation heads to Quito for the October 17-20 Habitat III conference—a United Nations gathering of government officials, city planners, and urbanization experts that takes place once every 20 years—perennial issues, such as the availability of affordable housing and how to...

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Standing in Agreement: Egypt’s Parliament Risks Becoming Rubber Stamp

Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Brad Youngblood Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/standing-in-agreement-egypts-parliament-risks-becoming-rubber-stamp/ A lack of quorum had already forced Egypt’s parliament to recess for 30 minutes when Speaker Ali Abdel ‘Al decided to call for two successive votes by show of hands and two more votes via standing in...

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Why Is Egypt Amending Its Protest Law Now?

Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Brad Youngblood, Noor Hamdy Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/why-is-egypt-amending-its-protest-law-now/ On June 8, Egyptian Prime Minister Sharif Ismail tasked the minister of legal and parliamentary affairs with amending the country’s controversial Protest Law. The prime minister’s decision came as a shock to many...

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Egypt’s Oil Dependency and Political Discontent

Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Adly Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/2016/08/02/egypt-s-oil-dependency-and-political-discontent-pub-64224 Snapshot: More than five years after the overthrow of then president Hosni Mubarak, the structural shortcomings that characterized the Egyptian economy before the January 2011 uprising remain in place. At the time, these contributed to the...

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Egypt’s Regime Faces an Authoritarian Catch-22

Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Adly Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/2016/07/21/egypt-s-regime-faces-authoritarian-catch-22-pub-64135 The regime of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is stuck between a rock and a hard place. The country’s current economic crisis deprives the regime of the financial and economic resources needed to sustain a solid social base among public...

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Egypt’s Loyal Opposition

Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Chritstopher J. Cox Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/63961 With the Muslim Brotherhood routed, grassroots activists imprisoned or facing arrest, growing media censorship, and repression of journalists and human rights activists, Egypt’s smaller opposition political parties remain one of the few formally tolerated avenues of opposition...

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