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Articles by Anas El-Gomati
Civil-Military Relations in Sisi’s Egypt - Politics of Military Authoritarianism in North Africa
Table of Contents The fundamental logic of civil-military relations under Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi remains the same as it has in Egypt for decades, although that may be changing. The president must accommodate a large corporate military and sate its organizational and economic interests to retain its support and his latitude to govern. Given the considerable challenges facing Egypt, however, whether Sisi can keep his end of that bargain is uncertain.
Enduring Authoritarianism in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, and Sudan - Politics of Military Authoritarianism in North Africa
Table of Contents The ability of grassroots movements to mobilize and sustain protests created an unexpected opening for political transition in Sudan and Algeria in the course of 2019. In each case, the acquiescence, if not active collusion, of the armed forces in the ouster of the long-term president they had previously supported reinforced hopes for a new era of pluralist, democratic politics.
A Tale of Two Armies - Politics of Military Authoritarianism in North Africa
Table of Contents On January 20, 2020, world leaders met in Germany and announced the intra-Libyan dialogue framework intended to end Libya’s latest civil war between the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) and General Khalifa Haftar’s self-styled Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) by unifying the rival political, economic and, crucially, military forces under the reconfigured Presidential Council (PC), acting as the supreme commander of the armed forces.
Politics of Military Authoritarianism in North Africa
Table of Contents The armed forces have been a central political player and the real locus of power in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, and Sudan for sixty years, but the turbulence of the last decade prompts a reexamination of this power. Will the scale of social crisis and structural economic challenges prompt the armed forces to seek an exit from governing? In Egypt, few political or social interlocutors remain with whom a military withdrawal can be negotiated, limiting the scope for orderly transition.
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