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Author Sayigh, Yezid

Title Above the state : the officers' republic in Egypt / Yezid Sayigh
Published Washington, DC : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (31 pages)
Contents Summary. -- The long arm of the officers' republic. -- Crony incorporation. -- The officers' republic, part II. -- "This belongs to us": Egypt's military society revisited. -- Defending the officers' republic. -- Notes
Summary Egypt's new, democratically elected officials are struggling with the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) for control of the country's post-Mubarak future. The SCAF, which has ruled over Egypt since early 2011, is attempting to enshrine its custodianship of the country in the constitution. The civilian authorities are trying to wrest control from a military institution that has been the mainstay of authoritarian power for decades, and that now seeks to remain above the law. No less than the fate of Egypt's transition is at stake. To prevent overt military custodianship, the new president, Mohamed Morsi, and Egypt's political parties must reach a firm consensus on limiting the exceptional powers the SCAF seeks to embed in the new constitution. Asserting effective civilian oversight over the detail of the defense budget and any other military funding streams is also key. Yet, the civilian leaders must tread carefully. The more progress they make, the harder the officers' republic will fight to hold on to its power, potentially using its extensive networks throughout the state apparatus to obstruct government policies and reforms, impede public service delivery, and undermine the nascent democratic order. Egypt's second republic will only come to life when the officers' republic ceases to exist
Notes August 2012
At head of title: "The Carnegie papers."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 27-28)
Notes Title from title screen (viewed on August 3, 2012)
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Subject Egypt. Qūwāt al-Musallaḥah. Majlis al-Aʻlá.
SUBJECT Egypt. Qūwāt al-Musallaḥah. Majlis al-Aʻlá. fast (OCoLC)fst01913273
Subject Civil-military relations -- Egypt
Civil-military relations.
Politics and government
SUBJECT Egypt -- Politics and government -- 2011- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2016002906
Subject Egypt.
Form Electronic book
Author Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.