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Articles of the author Ahmed El Tonsi
The legacy of Nasserism
The final years of ousted former president Hosni Mubarak's rule witnessed a new wave of harsh criticisms of former president Gamal Abdel-Nasser and of the Nasserite era, with many of its policies becoming the target for some older, as well as many (...)

15 - 01 - 2018
The truth about the judiciary
During the rule of former president Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's judiciary showed increasing activism in a series of historic rulings that were considered milestones in the development of the country's state and society. Both the administrative and (...)

16 - 09 - 2014
Egypt's charismatic leader
It was the German sociologist Max Weber who first used the term “charismatic” to describe authority. Though many social scientists have since studied the concept, adding contributions to its evolution and understanding, the work of Weber, notably (...)

26 - 03 - 2014
Three Decembers
Of all the Decembers that have passed over the last few years, that of 2013 looks the most promising. Each of the last three Decembers, of 2010, 2011 and 2012, has witnessed a major event or master scene that has cast its shadows over the following (...)

03 - 12 - 2013
Looking back at Sadat
“If he threatens war, that will be his problem, because we will beat him again, as in 1967,” William Quant mentioned, quoting Golda Meir — the hawkish Israeli prime minister — commenting on Anwar Al-Sadat's rejection of her proposal on a peace (...)

23 - 10 - 2013
Egypt's Arab role
Former president Gamal Abdel-Nasser died on 28 September 1970, a few hours after the end of the Arab summit held to address the Black September conflict between the then Palestinian resistance and king Hussein of Jordan. Having spent almost 18 years (...)

25 - 09 - 2013
On reconciliation
Many commentators and policy-makers inside and outside Egypt have been calling upon the various political forces across the political landscape to pursue a process of national reconciliation. For such commentators, this has become increasingly (...)

10 - 09 - 2013
Why did the Egyptians revolt?
For a plethora of reasons, the root causes that led to June's revolution should be thoroughly considered. The 30 June Revolution was not only a political revolution aiming to change the state institutions, and it was not a typical social revolution (...)

28 - 08 - 2013
Nasser's revolution in 2013
This year's anniversary of the revolution led by former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel-Nasser in July 1952 is of great significance for both the history and the future of Egypt. Coming just a few weeks after the June 2013 Revolution, a successful (...)

23 - 07 - 2013
Outsourcing the violence
In his recent theatrical speech on the Syrian crisis, Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi expressively described the expected popular uprising in Egypt on 30 June as being dominated by fulul, or remnants of the old regime, who have been dreaming of (...)

25 - 06 - 2013
Countdown to crisis
Many Egyptian youth have chosen 30 June as a date for expressing their escalating resentment towards the Muslim Brotherhood and its ruling regime. The Tamarod (Rebel) movement has taken seriously the day's arrangements while the Muslim Brotherhood (...)

18 - 06 - 2013
The Islamist war on the judiciary
The ruling regime's ongoing aggression on the judiciary and its independence is the outcome of several reasons. Such reasons, or motives, have been pushing the Muslim Brotherhood to stand determined regardless of the inherent risks. These motives (...)

12 - 06 - 2013
What Sinai jihadists say about Morsi
It is clear that the Morsi regime has been facing a real challenge in Sinai. Beyond the direct threat terrorists pose to the security of Egypt, the ruling regime, with its banner of Islamic reference, will inevitably have to address the rising wave (...)

29 - 05 - 2013
A tale of two institutions
Both the army and judiciary started their evolution as entirely national institutions in close proximity in date, representing watersheds in each institution's history. The Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 was the start of re-establishing the Egyptian (...)

21 - 05 - 2013
Commentary: Before the fall
Few regimes have ever identified that they have been falling and that their rule has been close to an end. Weak signals of regime failure have always been overlooked by incumbent leaders who seldom have sensitive or reliable measures of their (...)

23 - 04 - 2013
Commentary: On legitimacy
In one of his most famous texts, Plato says that “in politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state.” In other words, throughout history, and as far back as Plato, it has not been uncommon to (...)

13 - 03 - 2013
Bringing good to Egypt?
President Mohamed Morsi has been in power for more than seven months, while his party and the Muslim Brotherhood have completed a year of formal domination of the political scene since the electoral victory in the legislative elections for the (...)

12 - 02 - 2013
The legacy of Nasserism
The final years of ousted former president Hosni Mubarak's rule witnessed a new wave of harsh criticisms of former president Gamal Abdel-Nasser and of the Nasserite era, with many of its policies becoming the target for some older, as well as many (...)

16 - 01 - 2013
All the president's men
Over the past few weeks, President Mohamed Morsi has become surrounded by an increasingly limited number of assistants and advisors, even as his first appointee, the vice president, submitted his resignation a few hours before the formal (...)

09 - 01 - 2013
On the turnout
Compared to that seen during the referendum on the constitutional amendments in March 2011, the turnout in the recent referendum on the new constitution was low. In general, low voter turnouts have usually been considered to be a form of passive (...)

03 - 01 - 2013
On the current crisis
A barrier is being erected separating the president, his party and their parent association from growing numbers of Egyptians. This barrier essentially reflects a negative assessment of the current power structure of the ruling troika formed of the (...)

08 - 12 - 2012
On the Current Crisis
A barrier is being erected separating the president, his party and their parent association from growing numbers of Egyptians. This barrier essentially reflects a negative assessment of the current power structure of the ruling troika formed of the (...)

08 - 12 - 2012
One hundred days of alienation
A sense of powerlessness has found its way among many Egyptians who do not identify themselves with the ruling troika of president, Freedom and Justice Party and Muslim Brotherhood, writes Ahmed El-Tonsi Signs of popular disenchantment have become (...)

11 - 10 - 2012
Nasser in 2012
Like Hamlet's dead father in Shakespeare's play, the ghost of former president Gamal Abdel-Nasser haunts the Egyptian political scene, but to what end, asks Ahmed El-Tonsi EU foreign policy representative Catherine Ashton made a statement recently (...)

27 - 09 - 2012
Egypt's troika
Newly elected President Mohamed Mursi's decision to recall parliament has revealed worrying links between the Muslim Brotherhood, the Freedom and Justice Party and the presidency, writes Ahmed El-Tonsi Newly elected President Mohamed Mursi's (...)

12 - 07 - 2012
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