Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Experts explore the rise and consolidation of authoritarianism in #Egypt under President #Sisi and assess their internal and external implications.

Speakers

Sahar Aziz
Distinguished Professor of Law; Chancellor's Social Justice Scholar; and Founding Director of the Center for Security, Race and Rights, Rutgers University Law School

Nathan Brown
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University

May Darwich
Associate Professor of International Relations of the Middle East, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Robert Springborg
Nonresident Research Fellow, Italian Institute of International Affairs; Adjunct Professor in the School of International Studies, Simon Fraser University

Moderator:

Amy Hawthorne
Editor, Arab Center Washington DC