Cairo Review

Quarterly journal published by @AUC's School of Global Affairs & Public Policy.

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Mediating violent conflict is difficult, dangerous, and most of all, desperately needed. This edition is dedicated to the Peacemakers.

This is a special issue of the Pathways to Hope project launched by AUC'S GAPP, with support from the Ford Foundation.

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“Allies may share enemies without sharing the same outlook,” writes Jagannath Panda @jppjagannath1, head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs at the Institute for Security and Development Policy in Sweden.

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How has the recent U.S.-Israel war on Iran shifted the balance of power in the Middle East? Hear more from Dr. Hamidreza Azizi on CR Amplified.

@HamidRezaAz

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“The emperor is naked, holding a dashboard,” writes jurist Thomas Skouteris.

Read his essay exploring how universities have placed research metrics on a pedestal at the expense of genuine scholarship, here: https://t.co/lPa09swPx6

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“The international community must move beyond the tantalizing rhetoric of solidarity and vows of support to something actionable—an extension of pathways to global integration for Iranians,” writes journalist Kourosh Ziabari @KZiabari.

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Even the World Bank is now advocating the very state-led industrial policy it once denied for the Global South. But as our essay of the week warns, the South must go beyond past developmentalist experiments.

By @tudoo_ou_nadaa et al. in @CairoReview

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How did internet self-help culture and the online manosphere evolve into a pipeline for modern fascism? Scott Burnett, assistant professor at Pennsylvania State University, explores this development on CR Amplified ep. 8.

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For decades, the Global North has exclusively set the agenda for global industrial development. It’s high time this changed, writes Nada Elkamary & Sami Shaheen.

Read more about the “Pathways Beyond Neoliberalism: Voices from MENA region” project.

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How did Silicon Valley’s “cool capitalism” and alternative media evolve into an engine for modern authoritarianism? AJ Bauer @ajbauer and Paula Chakravartty share their insight in CR Amplified episode 7.

Tune in to the podcast here!

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As the war continues, cooperation between Tehran and Cairo could build a foundation for a more stable regional arrangement.

Read more here from Seyed Hossein Mousavian and Nanis Fahmy.

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“The Ukraine war has rendered visible what economists long theorised, but policymakers ignored: that interdependence is a double-edged sword,” writes journalist and international affairs analyst Klara Vlahčević Lisinski @KlaraLisinski .

Read more here!

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“If Washington again finds itself absorbed in Middle Eastern crises, pressure on China in Asia could ease, particularly in sensitive theatres such as the Taiwan Strait,” writes Gedaliah Afterman, foreign policy strategist and former diplomat @GAfterman .

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“The ICE takeover of Minneapolis and subsequent murders of two American citizens have exacerbated the tensions long bubbling near the surface,” writes Zoe Carver, presidential associate at the American University in Cairo.

What do you think?

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“To move toward a politics beyond war requires deliberately addressing the passions of enmity, exclusion, and domination,” writes @paul_salem, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute.

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Diplomats understand this better: when pageantry dressed as leadership gets out of hand, even micromanaging other nations Sykes-Picot-style becomes difficult. From my December piece on the theatrics of demanding a Nobel Peace Prize, via @CairoReview
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Both the Americans and Israelis have for decades sought to topple the Islamic Republic. With Khamenei assassinated by Israeli bombing, is the end game near?

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I shared my thoughts with @CairoReview on #Iran: "The U.S. government has failed the Iranian people through decades of onerous sanctions that have strangulated them. Meanwhile, the Israeli regime has now added Iranians to its list of expendable civilians."
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“From Vietnam to Palestine, and the current protests against ICE, student activism has historically increased during times of glaring violence against civilian populations,” writes Jacob Blau @Jacoblau_ , MA candidate at Northeastern University.

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“Anti-Islam rhetoric is fast becoming central to the charm offensives and political partnerships of the Israeli government with European semi-fascist parties,” writes Erwin van Veen, senior research fellow at Clingendael’s Conflict Research Unit.

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“Escalating state violence and waning strength of democratic norms paints a concerning picture for the future of the United States,” writes Mariam Mohsen @Marioma_Musical following the second civilian killed by ICE agents in 2026.

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