Original article: The Egyptian government sharply raised fuel prices early on Saturday, apparently signaling the resolve of the country’s new president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, to forge ahead with a series of austerity measures despite official concerns about a public backlash. … Continue reading
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Conflict Watch: Bizarro Egypt (Part 2)
Supporters of the Morsi regime argue that the “deep state” (security forces, judiciary, business elites) conspired against his administration, resulting in ineffective rule. While this argument is open to debate (although I would say events over the past 7 months … Continue reading
Bizarro Egypt
Egypt has actually turned into Bizarro World–the country is literally upside down. I swear you can’t write this stuff, or maybe you can… either way, I can’t. But I can analyze whats going on with some clarity and insight: The … Continue reading
Conflict Watch: Ghosts of Egypt’s Past, Present, and Future
Quick historic background on the Muslim Brotherhood The NYT has an excellent interactive timeline of events Egypt from the resignation of former President Mubarak–present day. Last night I stayed up until 2:30 am to watch the UNDP Oslo Group / … Continue reading
Conflict Watch: The Situation in Egypt is Spiraling Out of (Into?) Control
A little more than a week before the Egyptian coup that resulted in the ouster of Egypt’s first democratically elected leader Mohamed Morsi, I went on the record as being critical of any non-democratic means of removing Morsi from office. … Continue reading
Initial Reactions to the Egyptian Military Coup D’etat
Looking Back: Make no mistake about it, actions taken today by the Egyptian military represented a coup; Morsi was elected democratically and passed his constitution democratically. A military removing a democratically elected leader is a coup, regardless of how you … Continue reading
Transparency Report: Unrest in Egypt and The Democratic Process
Original article: “On Friday, Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood and their allies will gather in Cairo, as will some opposition groups. On Sunday, the opposition hopes millions will heed the call, a year to the day since Mursi became Egypt’s first freely … Continue reading
Conflict Watch: Egypt’s Impending Humanitarian Crisis
There has been lots of media coverage over the past two years of the civil unrest in Egypt following the ouster of Honsi Mubarak 2 years ago. While political jockeying continues amongst members of the Muslim Brotherhood (Mr. Morsi’s Sunni … Continue reading
Poll: How Will the Situation in Egypt Play Out?
Economic Outlook: Fixing Egypt
Yesterday we discussed the ongoing opposition of Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi. While the opposition has political and secretarian issues with Egypt’s first democratically elected president, these issues alone would constitute a very weak argument for the removal or Morsi or … Continue reading
Normative Narratives 