Egypt
New DCNS integrated mast system for Egyptian combat corvettes
August 10 by Victor M. S. BarreiraThe French shipbuilder DCNS is currently building the first of four PSIM (Panoramic Sensors and Intelligence Module) integrated mast systems that will equip the four Gowind 2500 multi-mission combat...
Op-ed: Egypt's way forward
August 16 by James P. Farwell and Darby ArakelianThe stakes in Egypt keep rising. The latest clashes between the government and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood threaten to send Egypt into chaotic conditions. The U.S. should encourage the ne...
US wary of new Egypt regime, delays F-16 order
July 26 by Andrew ElwellF-16 U-turn as the US distances itself from Egypt In the first sign of the US distancing itself from the new Egyptian regime, the Obama administration has delayed the second half of its deliver...
Defence IQ readers undecided on impact of Egypt coup
July 15 by Defence IQ PressAccording to a Defence IQ poll, exactly half of respondents believe that the supposed coup in Egypt will have mostly negative long-term repercussions for democracy in the region. And exactly half th...
Reality check for Egypt
July 12 by James P. Farwell and Darby ArakelianBy James P. Farwell and Darby Arakelian Who is the Muslim Brotherhood kidding? Their bleating over the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is like listening to children who murdered their...
Poll: Will the 'coup' in Egypt have negative long-term repercussions for democracy in the region?
July 10 by Andrew ElwellFollowing the forced removal of president Morsi from power last week, Defence IQ readers have been debating the Army’s right to take democracy into its own hands. Was it a coup d’êtat? O...
Egypt: Is the revolution back on track?
July 08 by G HarrisPredicting the future is hard, but in the wake of Morsi’s ousting, what we can say is that this milestone event will have an impact upon the thinking of elements within the Muslim Brotherhood...
Egypt: Coup d'Etat Take Two
July 04 by Thomas ChappelowImage: al-monitor.com For the second time in three years, Egyptians have witnessed mass protests, urban military deployments and the deposition of a President. The events of the past few days a...
Op-ed: Morsi moves to tighten Islamist control in Egypt, again
June 05 by James P. FarwellBy James P. Farwell and Darby Arakelian There had never been a scene like it as the curtains opened at the Cairo Opera House. A packed house had come to see a performance of AIDA. Instead, they we...
How Egypt’s Morsi keeps opponents off balance
April 09 by James P. FarwellEgyptian President Mohamed Morsi is astonishing observers. He’s thrown everyone off balance. He’s full of surprises. His secret? He makes so many blunders, it’s impossible to kn...
Op Ed: The Egyptian trick box
March 21 by James P. Farwell and Darby ArakelianBy James P. Farwell and Darby Arakelian Egyptian President Muhamad Morsi and his cohorts are revealing their true character and Egyptians don’t like what they see. Morsi is fast draining the...
Sizing Up the European Response to the Arab Spring
September 08 by Defence Dateline GroupThough those in the know had observed swelling youth grievance and increasingly vocal grumbling, the scale of this year’s wave of protests in the Middle East took nearly all by surprise. In Tu...