Amidst mounting concerns over Egypt’s human rights record, the Trump administration announced they would be withholding some military aid.
Recent attacks on Coptic Christians in Egypt have highlighted the ineffectiveness of both the military and the recently declared state of emergency.
The recent attacks on Coptic churches have prompted President Sisi to declare a state emergency.
The younger generation of Arab citizens has withdrawn from the public space.
The Arab Spring protests upended the order of the Middle East, but six years later much remains the same.
US President-elect Donald Trump has said a number of contradictory statements during his campaign pertaining to an overall foreign policy strategy he will pursue in the Middle East.
Five years after the onset of the Arab Spring, much of the Middle East is in crisis. However, it may be too early to deem the uprisings a failure.
In the years since the 2011 protests, rebellions have led to renewed repression in some places and chaos in others, but it may be too soon to say that they have failed.
International actors in the Middle East have widespread effects on the political and economic development of the region.
Across the Middle East, large gender gaps exist in levels of political activity, voter turnout, and the likelihood of being elected.