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To Stop Sisi, Strengthen Egypt’s Judiciary

Rights groups and others have called for Sisi to allow competitive elections, but his regime is unlikely to accede to such demands. Activists and governments would be wiser to direct their energies toward restoring the rule of law and strengthening the judiciary, which has reined in executive power in the past. Today, weak legal institutions allow for rampant corruption and police brutality that threaten not just the Egyptian people but also the regime.

Bruce Rutherford

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Sisi Oct 22, 2018 Snapshot

To Stop Sisi, Strengthen Egypt’s Judiciary

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Bruce Rutherford

Ideology September/October 2018 Review Essay

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Campaigns & Elections Mar 23, 2018 Snapshot

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's victory in the upcoming election is all but assured. His brutal repression of dissent, however, may have irreparably damaged...

Andrew Miller and Amy Hawthorne

Defense Policy Jan 4, 2018 Snapshot

Egypt First

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Michael Wahid Hanna and Daniel Benaim

Sisi speaks to the press after a meeting with Putin, December 2017.

Domestic Politics Aug 21, 2017 Snapshot

The Muslim Brotherhood's Fatal Mistake

Of the many strategic misjudgments that the Brotherhood made during Egypt’s short-lived “Arab Spring,” the Brotherhood’s belief that it could out-mobilize the regime’s...

Eric Trager

ISIS Jun 20, 2017 Snapshot

Do Copts Have a Future in Egypt?

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Gender May 30, 2017 Letter From

The Suffering of Egypt's Transgender Community

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Security May 15, 2017 Snapshot

Egypt and Sudan's Escalating Border Dispute

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Terrorism & Counterterrorism May 10, 2017 Snapshot

Egypt's Failed War on Terror

Beyond what appear to be significant human rights abuses, to date Cairo has demonstrated a stunning lack of will and competence to eradicate ISIS from Egyptian...

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An Egyptian military vehicle on a highway in northern Sinai, May 2015.

Security Apr 13, 2017 Snapshot

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Why Europe Is Floating Egypt's Navy

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Democratization Jan 24, 2017 Snapshot

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A damaged window is pictured at the police headquarters in Ankara, Turkey, July 18, 2016.

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