Security and Counter-Terrorism – Page 10 – Middle East Policy Platform

Parliament in haste to approve cybercrime bill: Ambiguous provisions, loose definitions, legalized web censorship

2018 Egypt Judicial Affairs Madamasr Paper Rana Mamdouh Rania al-Abd Security and Counter-Terrorism

March 14, 2018 15:36 pm

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Source: MadaMasr Author(s): Rana Mamdouh, Rania al-Abd Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/03/14/feature/politics/parliament-in-haste-to-approve-cybercrime-bill-ambiguous-provisions-loose-definitions-legalized-web-censorship/ In a whirlwind Tuesday meeting attended by a bevy of state officials, 14 articles of the cybercrime prevention bill were approved by Parliament’s...

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Egypt’s long-term stability and the role of the European Union

2018 Adel Abdel Ghafar Egypt Foreign Relations Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Brookings Institution

March 01, 2018 15:01 pm

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Adel Abdel Ghafar Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/03/01/egypts-long-term-stability-and-the-role-of-the-european-union/ Summary: This paper examines key factors threatening Egypt’s long term stability. It explores the issues of demographics, unemployment, climate change, economic reform, and insurgency in Sinai...

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New Groups Will Lose Out in Egypt’s Market of Violence

2018 Chatham House Egypt Georges Fahmi Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

February 23, 2018 20:28 pm

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Source: Chatham House Author(s): Georges Fahmi Original Link: https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/new-groups-will-lose-out-egypts-market-violence The UK and US authorities have recently listed two Egyptian groups, Hassm and Lewaa al-Thawra, as terrorist organizations. Hassm, an abbreviation for ‘The Arms of Egypt Movement’ (established in July 2016), and Lewaa al-Thawra, which...

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Protectors of Sharia: MSGS & Missing Scenes

2018 Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Haitham Ghoniem Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai

February 16, 2018 15:39 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Haitham Ghoniem Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/protectors-of-sharia-msgs-missing-scenes/ Introduction On February 11, 2018, the Islamic State’s (IS) local affiliate ‘Sinai Province’ released a 23-minute video, in which it showcased several scenes of its recent attacks against the Egyptian Army. The IS video came in coincidence with the...

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The State of Emergency in Egypt: An Exception or Rule?

2018 Atlantic Council Egypt Judicial Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Yussef Auf

February 02, 2018 19:16 pm

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Source: Atlantic Council Author(s): Yussef Auf Original Link: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/the-state-of-emergency-in-egypt-an-exception-or-rule The presidential decree issued on October 10, 2017 re-declaring state of emergency for three months, raised widespread debate. This decree was the third of its kind in 2017. Egypt has a long history of exceptional laws (the emergency...

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Fact Sheet – What Does an Annual $1.3 Billion in Military Assistance to Egypt Buy American Taxpayers?

2018 Foreign Relations Military Affairs Paper Pomed Security and Counter-Terrorism Unknown

January 18, 2018 05:53 am

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Source: Pomed – Project On Middle East Democracy Author(s): Unknown Original...

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Egypt Looks for Security Answers as Its War on Terrorism Moves to the Desert Oases

2018 Andrew McGregor Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Jamestown Foundation For Global Research And Analysis

January 15, 2018 20:21 pm

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Source: Jamestown Foundation Author (s): Andrew McGregor Original Link: https://jamestown.org/program/egypt-looks-security-answers-war-terrorism-moves-desert-oases/ The spread of the Islamist insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula to the heavily populated Nile Delta and Nile Valley regions of Egypt has been facilitated by the importation of arms from Muammar Gaddafi’s looted Libyan armories. Prior...

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Egypt | Freedom in the World 2018

2018 Culture, Education and Development Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Freedom House Human Rights Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

January 04, 2018 20:01 pm

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Source: Freedom House Author (s): N/A Original Link: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2018/egypt Overview: President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who first took power in a July 2013 coup, continues to govern Egypt in an authoritarian manner, though the election of a new parliament in late 2015 ended a period of rule by executive decree. Serious political opposition is virtually...

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The unprecedented political use of the death penalty by the Egyptian government will only incur more violence

2017 Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Unknown

January 02, 2018 03:38 am

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Source: Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Author(s): Unknown Original Link: http://www.cihrs.org/?p=20743&lang=en At least 19 civilians were executed within the span of a week, pursuant to sentences given by military courts that do not meet the minimum requirements for fair trials; an increasing number of militant attacks on civilians and military personnel were also recorded

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Needed Adjustments Unlikely in U.S. Aid to Egypt

2017 Amr Kotb Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

December 22, 2017 03:37 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Amr Kotb Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/needed-adjustments-unlikely-in-u-s-aid-to-egypt/ On December 21, Congress passed a continuing resolution to fund the government through January 19, 2018, avoiding a partial government shutdown set to begin at midnight the next day. As high-level budget negotiations on Capitol...

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Democracy Is Not the Cure for Terrorism

2017 Council On Foreign Relations Democracy and Politics Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Steven A. Cook

December 21, 2017 03:40 am

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Source: Council On Foreign Relations Author(s): Steven A. Cook Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/blog/democracy-not-cure-terrorism This article was originally published here in the Atlantic on Thursday, December 21, 2017. A few weeks ago, terrorists laid siege to a mosque in the small town of Bir al-Abd that lies just off the east-west road spanning the northern Sinai Peninsula. They killed...

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Looking into the latest acquisition of Egyptian media companies by general intelligence

2017 Egypt Hossam Bahgat Madamasr Media Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

December 21, 2017 03:34 am

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Hossam Bahgat Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2017/12/21/feature/politics/looking-into-the-latest-acquisition-of-egyptian-media-companies-by-general-intelligence/ Eagle Capital, a company unknown to the public, recently acquired businessman Ahmed Abu Hashima’s stake in Egyptians’ Media Holding, which owns several media companies in Egypt, according to a...

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