The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace released an extensive report on Middle East crises called Arab Fractures. The report is written by Perry Cammack, Michele Dunne, Amr Hamzawy, Marc Lynch, Marwan Muasher, Yezid Sayigh, and Maha Yahya. Arab Fractures argues that “long-standing pillars of the Arab order” are collapsing and says “if any semblance of order is to return after the conflicts subside, citizens and states must forge new social contracts that establish accountability and energize systemic political and economic reform.” In the case study on Egypt, the report says the social, economic, and security challenges are daunting and overcoming them requires changes in security strategies, moving away from grand construction projects, and “empowering the private sector and creating an environment that promotes transparency and the rule of law.” You can read the report in full (97 pages) here.

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