Does the road to stability in Libya pass through Cairo?
Ultimately, the road to stability in Libya does pass through Cairo, but most importantly through Tripoli and Misrata
Ultimately, the road to stability in Libya does pass through Cairo, but most importantly through Tripoli and Misrata
Uncritical engagement with Egypt will not promote European interests, says EWGE ahead of Chancellor Merkel's visit to Cairo
The following is an open letter from the European Working Group on Egypt to European leaders and policymakers: 15 April 2016 To European leaders and…
Cameron should make clear that an end to the policy of political repression is essential to restore the rule of law in Egypt
Announcement of Egyptian elections is necessary, but not sufficient, for the normalisation of Egyptian democracy.
Europe should remember that the elements in Egypt that are now likely to be on top of the political system – the Army, the judiciary, the intelligence services – represent a completely unreformed inheritance from the “deep state” as it existed under Mubarak.
This is not a victory for freedom but for the old regime, or more precisely the Egyptian deep-state – a bureaucratic, military, and business elite, that never went away, is considered to be the real power in Egypt and that just reasserted its interests.
Egypt appears to be spinning out of control. The current crisis is a prolongation of the crisis that emerged late last year over a decree by President Morsi suspending some judicial decisions and giving himself additional powers, followed by the rush to approve a new constitution.
2012 saw continuing crisis in the eurozone, growing Euroscepticism and populism in some corners of Europe, faltering transitions in Egypt and elsewhere, more violence in Syria, a new leadership in China, and both Putin II and Obama II. So what will 2013 hold?
Islamists are in charge in Egypt and Tunisia because they were chosen by the voters in free elections; not because they won the battle for the streets. What is happening in the Arab countries is not an ideological revolution – it is a fight over the distribution of political power.