2018 – Page 3 – Middle East Policy Platform

Sisi Builds a Green Zone for Egypt

2018 Carnegie Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Michele Dunne Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

November 27, 2018 17:30 pm

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Source: Carnegie Endowment For International Peace Author(s): Michele Dunne Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/2018/11/27/sisi-builds-green-zone-for-egypt-pub-77803 Egypt’s new administrative capital, currently under construction—and tentatively named Wedian, which means “desert valleys”— represents concretely where President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has been trying to take his country...

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Egypt’s offshore energy finds

2018 Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Middle East Institute Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper

November 26, 2018 16:20 pm

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/publications/monday-briefing-russians-launch-air-strikes-after-alleged-gas-attack The discovery of the Zohr offshore gas field in the Mediterranean in 2015, by the Italian energy company Eni, heralded some very good, and much needed, news for Egypt. At an estimated 30 trillion cubic feet, it is the...

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Cairo, Khartoum discuss end to proxy fighting in Libya in bilateral meeting

2018 Egypt Foreign Relations Madamasr Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

November 25, 2018 17:13 pm

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/11/25/feature/politics/cairo-khartoum-discuss-end-to-proxy-fighting-in-libya-in-bilateral-meeting/ Egypt’s defense minister concluded a meeting on security cooperation with his Sudanese counterpart in Khartoum on Sunday, with sources close to the talks saying that Libya was slated to be the primary focus of the...

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2 years after the loan agreement: What the IMF failed to anticipate

2018 Economy Egypt Madamasr Paper

November 22, 2018 17:22 pm

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Beesan Kassab Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/11/22/feature/economy/2-years-after-the-loan-agreement-what-the-imf-failed-to-anticipate/ On November 11, 2016, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Egyptian government finalized a US$12 billion loan agreement tied to an economic reform plan that included a series of austerity measures and the...

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Looking for the root causes of the potato crisis

2018 Civil Society Culture, Education and Development Economy Egypt Hadeer El-Mahdawyand Madamasr Nada Arafat Paper

November 22, 2018 16:31 pm

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Hadeer El-Mahdawy and Nada Arafat Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/11/22/feature/economy/looking-for-the-root-causes-of-the-potato-crisis/ Approach a vegetable vendor in Cairo in recent months looking for potatoes, and you’ll likely be in for a surprise. For one kilogram of potatoes, a staple food item for many Egyptians, you might pay as much as LE14...

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Egypt: Mass Arrests of Lawyers, Activists

2018 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Human Rights Watch Judicial Affairs Paper

November 18, 2018 15:06 pm

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/11/18/egypt-mass-arrests-lawyers-activists (Beirut) – Egyptian police and National Security Agency (NSA) forces have conducted a mass arrest campaign, rounding up at least 40 human rights workers, lawyers, and political activists since late October 2018, Human Rights Watch said today. Many of those arrested...

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US midterm elections: Bad news for Sisi?

2018 Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Madamasr Paper Sharif Abdel Kouddous

November 15, 2018 16:41 pm

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Sharif Abdel Kouddous Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/11/15/feature/politics/us-midterm-elections-bad-news-for-sisi/ The Democratic Party chalked up victories across the United States in the midterm elections on November 6, gaining control of the House of Representatives for the first time in eight years. The Democrats needed to gain 23 seats to seize...

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Egypt: Redraft civil society law to protect, not punish, independent organizations

2018 Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Civil Society Egypt Judicial Affairs Paper

November 14, 2018 16:09 pm

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Source: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://cihrs.org/egypt-redraft-civil-society-law-to-protect-not-punish-independent-organizations/?lang=en With President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi recently calling for a review of Law 70 of 2017 regulating civic organizations, the undersigned rights organizations emphasize the futility of any attempt to revise...

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US Congress Should Not Be Fooled By Egypt’s Platitudes

2018 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Elisa Epstein Foreign Relations Human Rights Human Rights Watch Judicial Affairs Paper

November 14, 2018 15:29 pm

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Elisa Epstein Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/11/14/us-congress-should-not-be-fooled-egypts-platitudes US policymakers shouldn’t be fooled by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s recent call to review Egypt’s draconian 2017 NGO law, which effectively criminalized non-governmental groups and set the path for “unprecedented”...

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Gaza flare-up threatens Egyptian-led negotiations

2018 Egypt Foreign Relations Islamic Movements and Institutions Middle East Institute Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

November 13, 2018 16:11 pm

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/publications/gaza-flare-threatens-egyptian-led-negotiations-weekly-briefing Almost a year of tentative truce-building by Egypt and the UN was given a sharp kick in the teeth on Sunday when an Israeli covert operation in the Gaza Strip went wrong, leading to an exchange of gunfire between Israeli...

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“Arab Shield 1”: The birth of an Arab NATO?

2018 Cinzia Bianco Egypt Foreign Relations Giorgio Cafiero Islamic Movements and Institutions Middle East Institute Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

November 13, 2018 16:01 pm

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Giorgio Cafiero and Cinzia Bianco Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/publications/arab-shield-1-birth-arab-nato As naval, air, and ground units from Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) conduct war games in western Egypt this month, joined by observers from Morocco and Lebanon, many speculate that this could...

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Egypt exerts heavy pressure on Hamas leaders to halt attacks, refuses to make demands of Israel

2018 Egypt Foreign Relations Islamic Movements and Institutions Madamasr Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

November 12, 2018 16:13 pm

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/11/13/feature/politics/egypt-exerts-heavy-pressure-on-hamas-leaders-to-halt-attacks-refuses-to-make-demands-of-israel/ Egypt exerted heavy pressure on Hamas over the last two days to declare a ceasefire with Israel though it refrained from making similar demands of the Israeli side, according to a high-level...

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