Vol 53 No 10 | EGYPT Israel and the energy crisis 11th May 2012 Cairo’s cancellation of gas exports to Israel owe more to commerical interests than ideological conviction The state-owned Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (Egas) had plenty of reasons to end the gas export deal with Israel’s East Mediterranean Gas (EMG) and the Cairo government had...
Vol 53 No 8 | EGYPT Differences sharpen in presidential poll 13th April 2012 The battle lines and electoral calculations are becoming clearer The Muslim Brotherhood’s nomination of its deputy leader, Khairat el Shater, as presidential candidate on 5 April reflects the MB’s sharply deteriorating relations with the ruling ...
Vol 53 No 8 | EGYPT The men who would be Rais 13th April 2012 Khairat el Shater: A successful businessman, El Shater spent twelve years in prison under President Hosni Mubarak. From his cell, he still took a leading role in the Muslim Broth...
Vol 53 No 5 | EGYPT Unity on cash crisis 2nd March 2012 The IMF offers concessions to the Islamist-dominated parliament The Muslim Brotherhood-dominated Freedom and Justice Party, the largest in the new Parliament, is now on a neo-liberal economic course as it supports government proposals to borrow...
Vol 53 No 1 | EGYPT What lies beyond Tahrir 6th January 2012 The revolution will remain under threat from the military’s grip on political power, the best guarantee of its privileges Clashes between a military bereft of strategic vision and an ascendant Islamist majority in Parliament and on the streets will dominate politics this year. Minorities such as liber...
Vol 53 No 1 | EGYPT Subsidy cuts and crony capitalists 6th January 2012 Religious and political arguments will dominate discussion in Cairo’s cafés this year, but more mundane matters of economic policy, interest rates and taxation levels may do more t...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 9 | EGYPT Mohammed Mursi 30th June 2012 President, Egypt Too pragmatic for the Salafists, too conservative for secularists, Mohammed Mursi will walk a thin line after winning the presidency on 24 June.
Vol 5 (AAC) No 8 | ALGERIAEGYPTCHINA Zoning in and zoning out 1st June 2012 The Chinese special economic zone in Algeria is yet another case where plans to replicate successful Asian policies met with unpredictable local conditions.
Vol 5 (AAC) No 4 | EGYPT Mohammed Saad al Katatni 10th February 2012 People’s Assembly Speaker In a victory for the long-frustrated ambitions of the Muslim Brotherhood, the People’s Assembly has elected Mohammed Saad al Katatni, a stalwart of the MB’s political wing, as Spea...
Vol 52 No 23 | EGYPT Electoral alliances 18th November 2011 Egyptians set off on their democratic electoral road using a system designed bythe army and with a confusing 42 or so parties to vote for, 31 formed since January’s revolution (AC ...