Foreign Relations – Page 37 – Middle East Policy Platform

Tiran, Sanafir, and the Island of Executive Power in Egypt

2016 Democracy and Politics Egypt Foreign Relations Judicial Affairs Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Timothy E. Kaldas

April 21, 2016 03:38 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Timothy E. Kaldas Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/tiran-sanafir-and-the-island-of-executive-power-in-egypt/ From an outside perspective, the transfer of the islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabian control may seem relatively uneventful. The Straits of Tiran can easily be controlled or defended from Sinai given how...

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King Salman’s Visit to Cairo, and the Transfer of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia

2016 Egypt Foreign Relations Judicial Affairs Paper Shlomo Brom The Institute For National Security Studies Yoel Guzansky

April 19, 2016 03:38 am

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Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Yoel Guzansky, Shlomo Brom Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/king-salmans-visit-to-cairo-and-the-transfer-of-tiran-and-sanafir-to-saudi-arabia/ During Saudi King Salman’s 5-day visit to Cairo, which began on April 7, 2016, Egypt and Saudi Arabia signed a series of agreements on a range of topics, reflecting...

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The United States can’t save Egypt from itself

2016 Democracy and Politics Foreign Relations Paper Tamara Cofman Wittes The Brookings Institution

April 04, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Tamara Cofman Wittes Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/04/04/the-united-states-cant-save-egypt-from-itself/ Editors’ Note: On March 23, the Working Group on Egypt sent a letter to President Obama urging him to publicly and privately object to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi’s accelerating crackdown on human rights and...

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Behind the Panama Papers: The full story of the Mubarak sons’ tax-sheltered company

2016 Economy Foreign Relations Hossam Bahgat Judicial Affairs Madamasr Paper

April 04, 2016 05:53 am

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Hossam Bahgat Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2016/04/04/feature/politics/behind-the-panama-papers-the-full-story-of-the-mubarak-sons-tax-sheltered-company/ The Panama Papers leaks published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) on Sunday included information on Pan World Investments, a company owned by Alaa Mubarak — son of...

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Policy Brief- Trump Offers Sisi Praise, but Unclear What Else

2017 Egypt Foreign Relations Foundation For Defence Of Democracies Oren Kessler Paper

April 03, 2016 03:39 am

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Source: Foundation For Defence Of Democracies Author(s): Oren Kessler Original Link: http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/oren-kessler-trump-offers-sisi-praise-but-unclear-what-else/ Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi traveled to Washington on Monday for his first-ever White House meeting, his first meeting with President Donald Trump since the November election and the first such...

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AN ITALIAN RESEARCHER IS TORTURED TO DEATH IN CAIRO – SOMBRE CAUSE TO RECONSIDER THE WAY WE WORK WITH EGYPT

2016 Bernhard Trautner Foreign Relations Georgeta Vidican German Development Institute Human Rights Markus Loewe Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Tilman Altenburg

March 17, 2016 05:53 am

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Source: German Development Institute Author(s): Markus Loewe, Georgeta Vidican, Bernhard Trautner, Tilman Altenburg Original Link: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/the-current-column/article/an-italian-researcher-is-tortured-to-death-in-cairo-sombre-cause-to-reconsider-the-way-we-work-with-egypt-1/ An Italian citizen and just 28 years of age, Giulio Regeni was finishing his PhD at the University of...

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Anatomy of an Election

2016 Democracy and Politics Egypt Foreign Relations Hossam Bahgat Madamasr Paper

March 14, 2016 03:39 am

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Hossam Bahgat Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2016/03/14/feature/politics/anatomy-of-an-election/ Summary: The revelation that the state had a hand in creating this list did not come as a surprise to many. In the months leading up to the elections, the media had hinted and then explicitly accused unnamed “sovereign” state agencies of interfering in...

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Why an Italian student’s murder in Egypt could spell big trouble for the Sissi regime

2016 Foreign Relations Paper Sarah Yerkes Security and Counter-Terrorism The Brookings Institution

February 23, 2016 05:53 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Sarah Yerkes Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/02/23/why-an-italian-students-murder-in-egypt-could-spell-big-trouble-for-the-sissi-regime/ Over the course of my career, I have watched Egypt’s transformation from an authoritarian state to a revolutionary one and back again. But last month’s murder of Italian graduate student Giulio...

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Egypt and China following Xi’s visit

2016 Assaf Orion Foreign Relations Ofir Winter Paper The Institute For National Security Studies

February 11, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Ofir Winter, Assaf Orion Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/egypt-and-china-following-xis-visit/ In the course of the visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Egypt on January 20-22, 2016, Egypt and China announced a five-year, multi-sector cooperation agreement. This agreement injected substance into the...

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The United States Should Prevent an Egyptian Shift to Russia

2015 Egypt Elissa Miller Foreign Relations Middle East Institute Oleg Svet Paper

December 18, 2015 03:39 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Oleg Svet, Elissa Miller Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/united-states-should-prevent-egyptian-shift-russia Roughly five decades since the Soviet foray into the Middle East vis-à-vis the Czech arms deal with Egypt in September 1955, Russia is reasserting its influence in Egypt. The deal marked the beginning of a brief period that saw Moscow...

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Struggles for Egypt’s Tourism Sector

2015 Carnegie Economy Foreign Relations Mustansir Barma Paper

December 17, 2015 05:54 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Mustansir Barma Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/62307 The October 31 downing of Russian Metrojet Flight 9268 over Sinai claimed all 224 lives on board, dealing another blow to Egyptian officials who have been trying to convince the world that Egypt is safe and open for both business and tourism. Most of the victims

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Rethinking the U.S.-Egypt relationship: How repression is undermining Egyptian stability and what the United States can do

2015 Egypt Foreign Relations Paper Shadi Hamid The Brookings Institution

November 03, 2015 03:39 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Shadi Hamid Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/testimonies/rethinking-the-u-s-egypt-relationship-how-repression-is-undermining-egyptian-stability-and-what-the-united-states-can-do/ Editor’s Note: Shadi Hamid testifies for the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on how repression in Egypt is undermining the country’s stability and what the United...

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