2015 – Page 5 – Middle East Policy Platform

Working Paper- Political Instability, Uncertainty, Democracy, and Economic Growth in Egypt

2015 Democracy and Politics Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Hossam Eldin Mohammed Abdelkader Paper

October 01, 2015 03:40 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Hossam Eldin Mohammed Abdelkader Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/political-instability-uncertainty-democracy-and-economic-growth-in-egypt/ Abstract: This paper aims to determine if there is a relationship between political instability, uncertainty, and political regime, on the one hand, and economic growth in Egypt, on the other...

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Half-baked, the Other Side of Egypt’s Baladi Bread Subsidy

2015 Barcelona Centre For International Affairs Democracy and Politics Economy Oday Kamal Paper

September 30, 2015 05:55 am

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Source: Barcelona Centre For International Affairs Author(s): Oday Kamal Original Link: https://www.cidob.org/en/publications/publication_series/monographs/monographs/half_baked_the_other_side_of_egypt_s_baladi_bread_subsidy Snapshot: The baladi bread subsidy is one of the most contentious subsidy systems in Egypt. It has played a key role in the country’s political economy throughout its...

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Sisi’s Struggle for Egypt

2015 Council On Foreign Relations Economy Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Steven A. Cook

September 29, 2015 05:54 am

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Source: Council On Foreign Relations Author(s): Steven A. Cook Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/blog/sisis-struggle-egypt I have always wondered why leaders of foreign countries feel the need to publish opinion pieces in American newspapers of record. Who exactly are they trying to influence? The folks at the White House, the State Department, the Pentagon, the Treasury, and the

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Egypt: Pressure Works

2015 Council On Foreign Relations Egypt Elliot Abrams Foreign Relations Paper

September 24, 2015 03:47 am

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Source: Council On Foreign Relations Author(s): Elliot Abrams Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/blog/egypt-pressure-works President Sisi of Egypt just announced pardons of roughly 100 political prisoners. The New York Times story said this… Read more at original link.

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“Look for Another Homeland” Forced Evictions in Egypt’s Rafah

2015 Human Rights Human Rights Watch Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai Unknown

September 22, 2015 05:53 am

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/report/2015/09/22/look-another-homeland/forced-evictions-egypts-rafah SUMMARY “I myself used to make food and tea for the soldiers and they came and sat in the shade of our olive tree when the sun beat down on them … My mother told me: ‘The tree is your responsibility. I fed you from it

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Breaking News and Inconsistent Media Standards in Egypt

2015 Basil El-Dabh Egypt Media Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

September 18, 2015 03:34 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Basil El-Dabh Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/breaking-news-and-inconsistent-media-standards-in-egypt/ Late Sunday night, following accounts on social media and unconfirmed reports of a tragedy, the Ministry of Interior confirmed that a group of Mexican tourists and their Egyptian guides had been mistakenly targeted by...

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Low-Cost Authoritarianism: The Egyptian Regime and Labor Movement Since 2013 (2015),

2015 Amr Adly Carnegie Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Fatima Ramadan Paper

September 17, 2015 03:34 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Fatima Ramadan, Amr Adly Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/2015/09/17/low-cost-authoritarianism-egyptian-regime-and-labor-movement-since-2013-pub-61321 Snapshot: Authoritarianism under military auspices has been reimposed in Egypt since mid-2013. The state has outlawed protests, strikes, and sit-ins in the public sphere and has subjected public spaces...

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Egypt’s new gas discovery: Opportunities and challenges

2015 Adel Abdel Ghafar Economy Paper The Brookings Institution

September 10, 2015 05:55 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Adel Abdel Ghafar Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/egypts-new-gas-discovery-opportunities-and-challenges/ Egypt’s New Gas Discovery: Opportunities and Challenges After a tough year, the Egyptian government recently received some good news. Italy’s ENI announced that it has discovered the “largest ever” offshore natural gas field in the...

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The Next Egyptian Parliament

2015 Ahmed Morsy Carnegie Democracy and Politics Egypt Paper

September 10, 2015 03:46 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Ahmed Morsy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/61253 After several delays, on August 30 Egypt’s High Electoral Commission (HEC) announced the schedule of the electoral procedures and polling dates, slating two rounds of elections for October 17-19 and November 21-23. Since ousting former president Mohamed Morsi in 2013, President Abdel Fattah...

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The Zohr Gas Field: A Boon for Egypt

2015 Economy Jean-François Seznec Middle East Institute Paper Samer Mosis

September 09, 2015 05:56 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Jean-François Seznec, Samer Mosis Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/zohr-gas-field-boon-egypt Italian energy company Eni announced on August 30 that it had discovered a deep-water gas field 93 miles north of Egypt’s Mediterranean coast.[1] The field, named Zohr, holds an estimated 30 trillion cubic feet (cft)[2] of natural gas (NG) reserves...

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Is Egypt’s Instability Shifting Inward from Sinai?

2015 Andre Colling International Peace Institute Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Sinai

September 09, 2015 05:53 am

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Source: International Peace Institute Author(s): Andre Colling Original Link: https://theglobalobservatory.org/2015/09/egypt-isis-sinai-muslim-brotherhood/ Recent high profile bombings and terrorist incidents in Greater Cairo have increased concerns that Islamist extremist violence in Egypt may increasingly impact areas outside of the chronically insecure North Sinai governorate. While the...

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Revolutionary Politics and the Trap of Populist Temptation: Thoughts on the Egyptian Left, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Revolution

2015 Amr Abdulrahman Democracy and Politics Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

September 04, 2015 03:35 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Amr Abdulrahman Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/revolutionary-politics-and-the-trap-of-populist-temptation-thoughts-on-the-egyptian-left-the-muslim-brotherhood-and-the-revolution/ The Revolutionary Socialists, a longstanding Marxist political organization in Egypt, recently issued a controversial statement calling on...

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