Security and Counter-Terrorism – Page 9 – Middle East Policy Platform

Five Years of Egypt’s War on Terror

2018 Egypt Human Rights Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

July 31, 2018 14:20 pm

0

Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/esw/five-years-of-egypts-war-on-terror/ On July 24, 2013, then-Defense Minister Abdel-Fattah El Sisi asked for a popular mandate to fight terrorism, marking the declaration of “war on terror” that has lasted five years. The war on terror has been used to justify a wide range of activity

Learn More

Egypt: Intensifying Crackdown Under Counterterrorism Guise

2018 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Human Rights Watch Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

July 18, 2018 13:26 pm

0

Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/07/15/egypt-intensifying-crackdown-under-counterterrorism-guise (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities are increasingly using counterterrorismand state-of-emergency laws and courts to unjustly prosecute journalists, activists, and critics for their peaceful criticism, Human Rights Watch said today. These abusive...

Learn More

Moscow’s Maghreb Moment

2018 Carnegie Dalia Ghanem-Yazbeck Egypt Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Vasily Kuznetsov

June 18, 2018 16:43 pm

0

Source: Carnegie Middle East Center Author(s): Dalia Ghanem-Yazbeck and Vasily Kuznetsov Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/76572 For the last decade and a half, Russia has sought to regain influence in North Africa. To strengthen its presence in a region that more commonly interacts with the United States and the European Union (EU), Moscow has shown an ability to seize...

Learn More

At the terminal: Stories from the Rafah Border Crossing

2018 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Hamza Abu Eltarabesh Madamasr Military Affairs Minorities Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Year

June 18, 2018 00:00 am

0

Source: Madamasr Author(s): Hamza Abu Eltarabesh Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/06/12/feature/politics/at-the-terminal-stories-from-the-rafah-border-crossing/ It has been one month since the Rafah Border Crossing was opened, marking the longest window in which Gazans have been permitted to leave and reenter the besieged Gaza Strip since 2013. What was initially purported to be...

Learn More

Satellite Imagery Shows Building Demolition in Northern Sinai

2018 Egypt Human Rights Human Rights Watch Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai

June 05, 2018 15:14 pm

0

Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/satellite-imagery/2018/05/22/satellite-imagery-shows-building-demolition-northern-0 The Egyptian army has vastly expanded widespread destruction of homes, commercial buildings, and farms in the North Sinai governorate since February 9, 2018, as part of its military campaign against an affiliate of the...

Learn More

The Middle East’s New Battle Lines

2018 Carnegie Egypt Foreign Relations Islamic Movements and Institutions Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Security and Counter-Terrorism Yasser El-Shimy

June 01, 2018 19:53 pm

0

Source: Carnegie Middle East Center Author(s): Yasser El-Shimy Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/2018/05/18/middle-east-s-new-battle-lines-pub-76402 Riyadh and its Gulf allies view Cairo as a pivotal security partner. With the largest – and, arguably, most effective – standing military in the Arab world, Egypt has offered to become the ultimate bulwark of Gulf Arab national security. At...

Learn More

Egypt: Army Intensifies Sinai Home Demolitions

2018 Civil Society Egypt Human Rights Human Rights Watch Islamic Movements and Institutions Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai

May 25, 2018 17:06 pm

0

Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/05/22/egypt-army-intensifies-sinai-home-demolitions (Beirut) – The Egyptian army has vastly expanded widespread destruction of homes, commercial buildings, and farms in the North Sinai governorate since February 9, 2018, as part of its military campaign against an affiliate of the Islamic State group there...

Learn More

Islamic State After Syria: A Dangerous New Stronghold in the Sinai

Egypt Human Rights Islamic Movements and Institutions Military Affairs Paper Scott N. Romaniuk Security and Counter-Terrorism The Jamestown Foundation For Global Research And Analysis Tobias J. Burgers

May 25, 2018 16:57 pm

0

Source: The James Town Foundation For Global Research And Analysis Author(s): Tobias J. Burgers, Scott N. Romaniuk Original Link: https://jamestown.org/program/islamic-state-after-syria-a-dangerous-new-stronghold-in-the-sinai/ Having once held domain over some eight million people and controlled territory reaching nearly to Baghdad, Islamic State (IS) has undergone a monumental decline. Where...

Learn More

Army Deployment and Egypt’s National Security

2018 Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Mahmoud Gamal Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Security and Counter-Terrorism

May 23, 2018 20:53 pm

0

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/army-deployment-and-egypts-national-security/ Army Deployment and Egypt’s National Security The army’s units and military formations within the borders of any country are usually deployed over all its strategic directions in order to protect the state from any potential threat. But, when...

Learn More

The Officers’ Republic: The Egyptian Military and Abuse of Power

2018 Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Transparency International

May 04, 2018 15:54 pm

0

Source: Transparency International Author(s): N/A Original Link: http://ti-defence.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/The_Officers_Republic_TIDS_WEB2.pdf Under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Egypt’s armed forces have worked hard to cement their powerful position, which grants them unique economic privileges and removes them from independent, civilian scrutiny. The military pursues four main...

Learn More

Syria cooperation highlights progress in Egypt-Russia relations as hurdles remain

2018 Asmahan Soliman Egypt Foreign Relations Madamasr Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

May 04, 2018 13:53 pm

0

Source: MadaMasr Author(s): Asmahan Soliman Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/05/01/feature/politics/syria-cooperation-highlights-progress-in-egypt-russia-relations-as-hurdles-remain/ Phone calls between high-ranking Egyptian and Russian officials have brought the two countries into accord on the Syrian crisis, according to an Egyptian government source, in what is one of several...

Learn More

Raising the Stakes: Implications of a Second Sisi Term

2018 Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Minorities Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Women Affairs

March 21, 2018 16:13 pm

0

Source: The Tahrir Institute Author(S): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/raising-the-stakes-implications-of-a-second-sisi-term/ Summary: Egypt’s 2018 presidential elections offer little illusion of any outcome than incumbent Abdel-Fattah el Sisi’s certain reelection to a second term; any expectation for free and fair elections was lost after four years of unprecedented...

Learn More