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

2018Adel Abdel GhafarEgyptForeign RelationsPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismThe 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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Companions to the Israeli gas deal: Noble and Delek in talks to acquire East Mediterranean Gas pipeline

2018Asmahan SolimanEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMadamasrPaper
February 28, 2018 20:44 pm
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Source: MadaMasr Author(s): Asmahan Soliman Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/02/28/feature/politics/companions-to-the-israeli-gas-deal-noble-and-delek-in-talks-to-acquire-east-mediterranean-gas-pipeline/ Sources close to the gas deal signed between Dolphinus Holdings, which is partly owned by Egyptian businessman Alaa Arafa, and Delek and Noble Energy, the lead partners managing...

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TIMEP Brief: Right to Due Process in Egypt

2018EgyptHuman RightsPaperThe Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy
February 27, 2018 20:42 pm
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Source: Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/timep-brief-right-to-due-process-in-egypt/ Mass trials, politicized death sentences, civilian trials in military courts, prolonged pretrial detention, and forced disappearances are all common violations of due process that occur in Egypt. It is estimated that three to four people...

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Elections in Egypt: Another setback for democracy

2018Democracy and PoliticsEgyptFrançois LaRochelleOpen CanadaPaper
February 26, 2018 20:39 pm
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Source: OpenCanada Author(s): François LaRochelle Original Link: https://www.opencanada.org/features/elections-egypt-another-setback-democracy/ Next month, between March 26 and 28, Egyptians vote for a new president. The results, however, are already known. The only real candidate, incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, will succeed himself. The head of a small party, Mousa Moustapha Mousa, is also...

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

2018Chatham HouseEgyptGeorges FahmiPaperSecurity 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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Forms of change within the Egyptian military

2018EgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesMahmoud GamalMilitary AffairsPaper
February 19, 2018 19:37 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/forms-of-change-within-the-egyptian-military/ Introduction The leadership of the military institution has dominated the Egyptian political scene and large sectors of the country’s economy since the army took power after the coup d’etat of July 03, 2013. The practices of the current army...

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Protectors of Sharia: MSGS & Missing Scenes

2018EgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesHaitham GhoniemPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismSinai
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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Egypt’s Comprehensive Military Operation

2018CarnegieEgyptMaged MandourMilitary AffairsPaperSinai
February 15, 2018 19:31 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author (s): Maged Mandour Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/75556 On February 9, Egypt’s military spokesman Colonel Tamer al-Rifai announced the launch of the “Comprehensive Military Operation,” which aims to eliminate the country’s growing insurgency. Even though the primary focus of the operation is the Sinai Peninsula, earning it the nickname “Operation...

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Eye on Debt II: The second report monitoring the economic and social impact of the IMF loan

2018Abdelhamid MekawyEconomyEgyptEgyptian Initiative For Personal RightsPaperSalma Hussein
February 14, 2018 19:42 pm
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Source: Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights Author (s): Salma Hussein and Abdelhamid Mekawy Original Link: https://eipr.org/en/publications/eye-debt-ii-second-report-monitoring-economic-and-social-impact-imf-loan Summary: Under the terms of the IMF program and the first review report issued by IMF experts in September 2017, the Egyptian government was obligated to carry out 17 measures to...

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How Does Russia Fit into Egypt’s Strategic Plan?

2018Andrew McGregorEgyptForeign RelationsPaperThe Jamestown Foundation For Global Research And Analysis
February 14, 2018 18:20 pm
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Source: The Jamestown Foundation Author(s): Andrew McGregor Original Link: https://jamestown.org/program/russia-fit-egypts-strategic-plan/ As Russian-Egyptian military and economic cooperation increases, many comparisons have been made with Egypt’s early post-independence era (1956–1971), when Cairo grew close to Moscow. Egypt’s current strategic position, however, bears closer similarities to...

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Egypt: Planned Presidential Vote Neither Free Nor Fair

2018Democracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchPaper
February 13, 2018 18:15 pm
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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/02/13/egypt-planned-presidential-vote-neither-free-nor-fair (Beirut) – The Egyptian government has trampled over even the minimum requirements for free and fair elections for the planned March 26-28, 2018 vote for president, fourteen international and regional rights organizations said today. The government...

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“In the Name of The People” Death Penalty in Egypt 2017

2018EgyptEgyptian Initiative For Personal RightsHuman RightsJudicial AffairsMilitary AffairsPaper
February 12, 2018 19:39 pm
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Source: Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights Author (s): N/A Original Link: https://eipr.org/en/publications/%E2%80%9C-name-people%E2%80%9D-death-penalty-egypt-2017 Snapshot: Chapter I of this report documents the death penalty verdicts that were issued in 2017 and which the research team managed to gather from the court documents, whether issued by the court of first instance or by the...

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