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Power Rivalry in the Horn: Egypt’s View of Ethiopia’s Tigrayan Woes

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsGiuseppe DenticeHuman RightsItalian Institute for International Political StudiesPaper
December 09, 2020 15:07 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Giuseppe Dentice Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/power-rivalry-horn-egypts-view-ethiopias-tigrayan-woes-28613 “We need to look beyond our immediate issues such as Eritrea, Somalia, and the problems of the two Sudans. Those [are] issues we can handle […]. We face two strategic adversaries...

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Geopolitics and human rights in the spotlight as President Sisi visits France

2020EgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
December 07, 2020 15:21 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-end-intra-gcc-dispute-headline-or-hype As timings for state visits go, this one could have been a little better. On Dec. 6 Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi visited France on an official state visit, at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron.  Read more at...

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The Arab Spring at Ten Years: What’s the Legacy of the Uprisings?

2020Civil SocietyCouncil On Foreign RelationsCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptKali RobinsonPaper
December 04, 2020 15:29 pm
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Source: Council on Foreign Relations Author(s): Kali Robinson Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/article/arab-spring-ten-years-whats-legacy-uprisings Ten years on, the lives of people in Arab Spring countries have improved in certain aspects but worsened in others. CFR.org visualizes the changes in Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen. Read more at original link

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The Massacre of Minarets in Al-Azhar’s Egypt

2020Amer Abdel MoneimCivil SocietyCulture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesIslamic Movements and InstitutionsPaper
December 02, 2020 15:12 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Amer Abdel Moneim Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/the-massacre-of-minarets-in-al-azhars-egypt/ Egypt’s mosques are exposed to continued government campaigns to limit their role, disrupt their mission, and reduce their influence in Egyptian society. This hostility to mosques culminated in demolition of scores of them and destruction of...

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Factionalism in the Security Sector: The Dawn of a New Order?

2020Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesKevin KöhlerMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
December 01, 2020 16:42 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Kevin Köhler Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/factionalism-security-sector-dawn-new-order-28503 Egypt’s formal political scene is tightly controlled as President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi strives to institutionalize military rule. However, the significant role played by different elements of the...

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The Old and the New in Egyptian Civil-Military Relations

2020Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMilitary AffairsPaperRisa Brooks
December 01, 2020 15:32 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Risa Brooks Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/old-and-new-egyptian-civil-military-relations-28502 Under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the Egyptian military is tightening its grasp on the economy and strangling civilian politics and society — but this is nothing new. Rather...

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Berenice in the Red Sea Rebus: What’s Still Vague in the Egypt-Saudi Alliance

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEleonora ArdemagniForeign RelationsItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMilitary AffairsPaper
December 01, 2020 15:21 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Eleonora Ardemagni Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/berenice-red-sea-rebus-whats-still-vague-egypt-saudi-alliance-28507 Since 2013, Egypt has been strengthening its naval power: this particularly regards the strategic direction of the Red Sea. In fact, the military declared “strategic zones of...

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Sisi’s Egypt Moves from Military Economy to Family Firm

2020Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMilitary AffairsPaperRobert Springborg
December 01, 2020 15:21 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Robert Springborg Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/sisis-egypt-moves-military-economy-family-firm-28504 When Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi seized power in 2013, he inherited a military economy under the control of the officer corps and primarily serving its economic interests. He...

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The Army is Not the Winner in Border Battlefields

2020Allison McmanusCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMilitary AffairsPaper
December 01, 2020 15:17 pm
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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Allison McManus Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/army-not-winner-border-battlefields-28505 As Egypt approaches the ten-year anniversary of uprisings against former president Hosni Mubarak, wins and losses of the past decade have come into a clear focus. The military, above all, has emerged as a...

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Matrouh: Egypt’s Linchpin in North Africa and the Mediterranean

2020Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsGiuseppe DenticeItalian Institute for International Political StudiesMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
December 01, 2020 15:15 pm
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Source: Giuseppe Dentice Author(s): Italian Institute for International Political Studies Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/matrouh-egypts-linchpin-north-africa-and-mediterranean-28506 Over the last decade, the deep transformations moving through the broader Mediterranean region have created new opportunities and challenges. The Libyan crisis and the tensions in the...

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The Biden Administration and Egypt: A New Course or Business as Usual?

2020Arab Center Washington DCDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsKhalil Al AnaniPaper
December 01, 2020 15:08 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Khalil al-Anani Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/the-biden-administration-and-egypt-a-new-course-or-business-as-usuals Since the announcement of Joe Biden’s victory in the US election, a state of anxiety and unease has gripped Egypt. President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi will now lose a reliable friend in Washington, President Donald...

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Horizon of Relations bet. Sisi Regime and Riyadh

2020Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesForeign RelationsPaperYasser Abdel Aziz
November 26, 2020 15:17 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Yasser Abdel Aziz Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/horizon-of-relations-bet-sisi-regime-and-riyadh/ The Saudi, UAE and Kuwaiti support to Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the advent of his 2013 coup amounted to about $48 billion, in addition to the fuel support provided by Riyadh in the form of regular shipments of oil sent regularly to cover the...

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