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Articles of the author Hicham Mourad
The Arab world and irregular migration
The leaders of the Arab League and the European Union (EU) will hold their first summit on 24 and 25 February in Sharm El-Sheikh to bring their positions together on a wide range of regional and international issues, ranging from the conflicts in (...)

14 - 02 - 2019
Bab Al-Mandeb Strait: Sino-American duel in the Red Sea
Like several regional powers that have rushed in recent years to the southern Red Sea, various global powers have also established naval bases near the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait that controls the passage between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in the (...)

03 - 01 - 2019
Sino-American duel in the Red Sea
Like several regional powers that have rushed in recent years to the southern Red Sea, various global powers have also established naval bases near the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait that controls the passage between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in the (...)

20 - 12 - 2018
The scramble for the Red Sea
The Red Sea region has been the focus of a struggle for power and influence in recent years, especially since the outbreak of the civil war in Yemen in March 2015. The whole of the East African coast from Sudan to Somalia is now in the sights of (...)

14 - 10 - 2018
The scramble for the Red Sea
The Red Sea region has been the focus of a struggle for power and influence in recent years, especially since the outbreak of the civil war in Yemen in March 2015. The whole of the East African coast from Sudan to Somalia is now in the sights of (...)

11 - 10 - 2018
The Arab world and the New Cold War
The United States launched a trade war against China on 6 July that Beijing has described as the largest in world economic history. The administration of US President Donald Trump has imposed tariffs of up to 25 per cent on Chinese imports worth $34 (...)

26 - 07 - 2018
China's recipe for success
On the invitation of Chinese Cultural Counseller in Egypt Shi Yu Yun, I recently visited several cities and provinces in China, including Beijing and Chengdu, capital of the Sichuan Province in the southwest of the country. I was amazed by the huge (...)

31 - 05 - 2018
China's recipe for success
On the invitation of Chinese Cultural Counseller in Egypt Shi Yu Yun, I recently visited several cities and provinces in China, including Beijing and Chengdu, capital of the Sichuan Province in the southwest of the country. I was amazed by the huge (...)

30 - 05 - 2018
The dilemma of anti-ISIL military strategy
How to defeat the Islamic State without bolstering Bashar Al-Assad's regime is a conundrum at the centre of the US-led anti-ISIL coalition, with Saudi Arabia less concerned about ISIL than getting rid of Al-Assad for good The United States is at war (...)

01 - 10 - 2014
Gaza: A war for nothing?
The conclusionof a ceasefire, on 26 August, between Hamas and Israel ended the deadliest conflict between the two parties, whoclashed twice, in 2008-2009and 2012. On the Palestinian side, human losses were very heavy, with 2,139 dead, mainly (...)

11 - 09 - 2014
Why is the battle of Gaza difficult to stop?
By taking the decision to launch a ground offensive against the Gaza Strip, Israel chose military escalation. The decision came as a result of the refusal of Hamas, which has controled the Strip since 2007, to accept the Egyptian initiative for a (...)

27 - 07 - 2014
How El-Sisi won Egypt's presidency
Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi won thepresidential election by an overwhelming majority of almost 97 percent. This crushing victory was predictable for several reasons. The first, and most important, is that he overthrew Egypt's former president, the Muslim (...)

23 - 06 - 2014
On Egypt and Hamas
It is without doubt the Palestinian question that has suffered most from the popular uprisings that shook — and still shake — several Arab countries, particularly the central states of the political Arab system, Egypt and Syria. Absorbed by its (...)

30 - 04 - 2014
The regional impact of the conflict in Syria
Syria is de facto divided between the regions controlled by the regime of Bashar Al-Assad and those dominated by the variousforces of the armed opposition, which are often indisagreement and in conflict among themselves. This situation,in the case (...)

26 - 03 - 2014
Egypt and the Syrian conflict
On 22 February 1958, Egypt and Syria proclaimed their union under the banner of the United Arab Republic (UAR). This merger marked the pinnacle of pan-Arabism, under the leadership of late president Gama Abdel-Nasser. However, it was not to last (...)

05 - 03 - 2014
The consequences of declaring the Brotherhood a terrorist group
By declaring the Muslim Brotherhood "terrorist organisation," the interim government seems to have put an end to any possibility of reconciliation with this group and to any potential participation by its members in legal political activities, (...)

02 - 01 - 2014
Sharia and the new Egyptian constitution
Egypt's new draft constitution provides better protection for fundamental freedoms and human and minority rights as well as for women and youth, and gives special attention to socio-economic rights, such as education and health. However, a major (...)

19 - 12 - 2013
The strategy of the Muslim Brotherhood
Since the start of Mohamed Morsi's trial on 4 November, the question arises of the strategy to be followed by the Muslim Brotherhood. This question arose in reality since his removal as president on 3 July. The trial, in itself, is a major event, (...)

28 - 11 - 2013
What transition for Egypt?
Mohamed Morsi is in jail and Hosni Mubarak was released from prison. This highly symbolic double movement, and oft-repeated soundbite, news of which toured the world, was for many evidence of the return of the old regime, overthrown by a popular (...)

16 - 11 - 2013
Revising Qatari policy on Egypt
The decision of Egypt, announced 19 September, to return to Qatar $2 billion that was deposited in the Egyptian Central Bank, coming after the failure of negotiations to turn them into treasury bonds, is another indication of the deterioration of (...)

13 - 10 - 2013
Genesis of the Sinai crisis
While the military uses war weapons, including attack helicopters, in its crackdown on Islamist militants in North Sinai, terrorist groups have also intensified their attacks against the army and the police. Due to the strong pressure exerted by the (...)

27 - 09 - 2013
De-Islamising Egypt's constitution
On 8 September, a 50-member committee began work on amending Egypt's constitution after a first version had been submitted to the interim president by a committee of ten experts in late August. Unlike the previous 100-member Constituent Assembly, (...)

20 - 09 - 2013
Reversal of fortune: Riyadh and the Brotherhood
Since the dismissal of Mohamed Morsi and the overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood on 3 July, the Gulf States, except Qatar, rushed to offer their financial aid to Egypt — a country in acute economic crisis since the fall of Mubarak in 2011. Saudi (...)

11 - 09 - 2013
Egypt's African Union suspension will be lifted: Delegation member
The tripartite delegation appointed by the African Union to review the situation in Egypt is in Cairo this week for its second and final visit. Dileita Mohamed Dileita, prime minister of Djibouti and member of the panel, say down with Ahram (...)

30 - 08 - 2013
The political role of the Egyptian army
Is the army on the right road to democratisation or is it risking what some call a "restoration" of the authoritarian regime in a new form? The answer is probably somewhere in between. In any case, the road to democracy will be long and chaotic. The (...)

20 - 08 - 2013
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