TY - BOOK AU - ZUHUR Sherifa TI - Egypt: security, political and Islamist challenges SN - 1584873124 (pbk) PY - 2007/// CY - Carlisle PA, USA PB - Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College KW - EGYPT KW - POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT KW - INTERNAL SECURITY KW - TERRORISM KW - ISLAMIC EXTREMISM KW - UNITED STATES KW - FOREIGN POLICY N2 - 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 ER -