Egypt Is Facing an Uncertain Summer
While it is clear who will win Egypt's upcoming presidential election, it is not clear what he will do and whether the country will stabilize.
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The results of next week’s presidential balloting in Egypt are a foregone conclusion: The voting exercise will confirm months of conventional wisdom that former Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will become the country’s next leader.
Do not expect a honeymoon period for al-Sisi—he will formally assume leadership of a country facing a heightened terrorist threat, deeply polarized zero-sum politics, and looming bankruptcy. The tests to al-Sisi’s leadership will come early, and what matters most is not the upcoming vote, but rather what steps he will take to address the overwhelming crises bubbling in Egypt. Al-Sisi must move quickly to tackle the challenges no recent Egyptian leader has effectively been able to address.
For more on this topic, please see:
- Looking Ahead to Egypt’s Uncertain Summer of Trials and Tribulations by Brian Katulis, Hardin Lang, and Mokhtar Awad
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