Egypt

Ennahdha Party and the movement of citizens against the coup organized a demonstration at Habib Bourguiba Avenue, in Tunis, Tunisia, on April 10, 2022, to protest against the July 25 process, an initiative of president Kais Saied which has put the country in a state of emergency.(Photo by Yassine Mahjoub / Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Democracy

What’s in a name? Experimental evidence of the coup taboo

Sharan Grewal and Drew Holland Kinney

Democratization Monday, April 11, 2022

Worshippers perform Eid al-Fitr prayer at Al-Azhar Mosque. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy Islamic fasting month of Ramadan.

Egypt

Sisi’s appropriation of Islam undermines Egypt’s religious soft power

Khalil al-Anani

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat acknowledges applause during a Joint Session of Congress in which U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced the results of the Camp David Accords, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 18, 1978. Library of Congress/Warren K. Leffler/Handout via REUTERS

Order from Chaos

What Anwar Sadat’s murder 40 years ago meant for the Middle East

Bruce Riedel

Friday, October 1, 2021

Syrian artist Khaled Barakeh, 44, stands amid his installation "The Muted Demonstration" outside a Koblenz court during the first trial against suspected members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's security services for crimes against humanity, in Koblenz, Germany, July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

Order from Chaos

How Western policymakers can engage the new Arab diasporas

Noha Aboueldahab

Friday, July 16, 2021

Reports

People are seen, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Cairo, Egypt January 5, 2021. Picture taken January 5, 2021. REUTERS/Ahmed Fahmy

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Policy and Institutional Responses to COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa: Egypt

Robert P. Beschel Jr.

Thursday, January 28, 2021

Israel

Israel in the Middle East: The next two decades

Natan Sachs and Kevin Huggard

November 2020

Egypt

Mapping European leverage in the MENA region: Egypt

Adel Abdel Ghafar

December, 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Pavel Golovkin/Pool - RC19885B9FF0

Middle East & North Africa

The new geopolitics of the Middle East: America’s role in a changing region

Jeffrey Feltman, Samantha Gross, Martin Indyk, Kemal Kirişci, Suzanne Maloney, Bruce Riedel, Natan Sachs, Amanda Sloat, Angela Stent, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and Bruce Jones

January 2019

Shoppers walk during the opening of the 'Mall of Africa' in Midrand outside Johannesburg, South Africa April 28, 2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - D1AETAYSBVAB

Developing Economies

Africa’s consumer market potential

Landry Signé

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Blog Posts

Iraqi President Barham Salih and Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi meet with King Abdullah II of Jordan and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in Baghdad, Iraq, June 27, 2021. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily

Order from Chaos

Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan: A new partnership 30 years in the making?

Katherine Harvey and Bruce Riedel

Friday, July 2, 2021

Palestinians inspect damaged buildings that were hit by Israeli airstrikes during the recent military conflict between Israel and the Palestinian enclave controlled by Hamas. Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on the ceasefire after days of fighting in which around 230 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes and 12 people in Israel were killed by rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.

Order from Chaos

Congratulations on the ceasefire. Now the hard work begins.

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Friday, May 21, 2021

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi speaks during a joint press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Francois Hollande at the presidential palace of al- Orouba for the official visit of the French president, Cairo on April 17, 2016. Cairo, Egypt, April 17, 2016. Photo by Etienne Bouy/ABACAPRESS.COM

Order from Chaos

The needed reset for the US-Egypt relationship

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Thursday, September 10, 2020

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High school students take part in a protest against the cancellation and postponement of exams after a series of exam leaks, in front of the parliament in Cairo, Egypt June 27, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Navigating the Storm: Civil society and ambiguous transitions in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia

By Noha Aboueldahab

2018

Egyptians in Revolt

By Adel Abdel Ghafar

2016

The Arab Spring Five Years Later

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2016

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Experts

Sharan Grewal

Nonresident Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy

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Bruce Riedel

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

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Multimedia

Podcast Episode

What does Mohammed Morsi’s death mean for Egypt?

Shadi Hamid

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Up Front

Is Islam exceptional? And what does it mean for the future of Western democracy?

Shruti Godbole

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

A convoy of Israeli tanks rolls towards the front during the 1967 Middle East War

Podcast Episode

Podcast: The 1967 War

Khaled Elgindy, Shadi Hamid, Martin S. Indyk, Natan Sachs, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and Fred Dews

Friday, June 2, 2017

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Egypt

What’s in a name? Experimental evidence of the coup taboo

Sisi’s appropriation of Islam undermines Egypt’s religious soft power

What Anwar Sadat’s murder 40 years ago meant for the Middle East

How Western policymakers can engage the new Arab diasporas

Reports

Policy and Institutional Responses to COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa: Egypt

Israel in the Middle East: The next two decades

Mapping European leverage in the MENA region: Egypt

The new geopolitics of the Middle East: America’s role in a changing region

Africa’s consumer market potential

Blog Posts

Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan: A new partnership 30 years in the making?

Congratulations on the ceasefire. Now the hard work begins.

The needed reset for the US-Egypt relationship

Events

President Jimmy Carter and the Middle East: Reexamining his legacy forty years later

A decade of protests: Why governance reform is critical in the Arab World

The Arab Spring, Ten Years On: What Have We Learned and Where Are We Going?

Related Books

Navigating the Storm: Civil society and ambiguous transitions in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia

Egyptians in Revolt

The Arab Spring Five Years Later

Experts

Sharan Grewal

Nonresident Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy

Bruce Riedel

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

Director - The Intelligence Project

Multimedia

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Is Islam exceptional? And what does it mean for the future of Western democracy?

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