Egypt : security, political and Islamist challenges /

ZUHUR Sherifa

Egypt : security, political and Islamist challenges / Sherifa Zuhur - Carlisle PA, USA : Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College, 2007 - x, 151 p.

Discussion of the importance of Egypt to stability in the Middle East and thus of the importance of stability and development within Egypt itself. Shows how authoritarian government continues to constrain political development and may even unintentionally be fostering extremism and terrorist groups. Recommends policy initiatives for the US government to pursue and notes that time is of the essence with a political turning point likely not later than 2011.

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EGYPT--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
EGYPT--INTERNAL SECURITY
EGYPT--TERRORISM
EGYPT--ISLAMIC EXTREMISM
UNITED STATES--FOREIGN POLICY--EGYPT