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Egypt and the Politics of Token Reforms

April 30, 2015

Abstract This paper discusses two main challenges the current regime in Egypt faces to realize stability in the short or medium term: its ability to reconstitute the political process to make it more inclusive and more participatory and its success…

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The Arab Spring and Western Policy Choices

July 6, 2011

Emad El-Din Shahin Of the several uprisings and pro-democracy revolutions sweeping through the Arab region, only two — Tunisia and Egypt — have been successful so far in toppling despotic rulers and embarking on a transitional process to establish a…

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Egypt: The Year of the Elections and Elusive Political Reforms

February 1, 2006

Abstract: The year 2005 was a momentous, yet turbulent one for Egypt. The country witnessed two major elections, presidential and parliamentary, a vibrant movement towards political reform, and a remarkable political mobility. All this came against a background of internal domestic pressures…

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Egypt’s Moment of Reform A Reality or an Illusion?

July 1, 2005

Abstract: The movement for democratic reform in Egypt seems to be gathering strength. Some of the factors that would make a good case fordemocratic transformation are rapidly converging: the formation of a wide spectrum of discontented segments in society; the…