Virtual Book Launch Discussion: Egypt’s New Authoritarian Republic

Veranstaltungsart
Virtual Book Launch Discussion

Ort / Datum
Online, 16.09.2025

German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

The Egyptian president is making efforts to transform Egypt into a ‘new Republic” capable of reshaping Egypt’s economy, polity, society, and regional roles. The question is whether this transformation is just a modification to the state established in 1952 or encompasses a complete change in form, essence, or purpose, leading to a fundamental redefinition of the political regime. The new book Egypt’s New Authoritarian Republic (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2025), edited by Robert Springborg and Abdel-Fattah Mady, discusses this question and breaks it into several key areas of investigation. It explores the changes in authoritarian governance in Egypt since 2013 and their implications for the country’s future.

The book will be launched virtually
On 16 September 2025
at 4-5 pm (Berlin, Paris, Brussels), 10-11 am (New York), 5-6 pm (Cairo)

The event will feature remarks by one of the book’s editors, Robert Springborg, as well as two contributors to the volume, May Darwich and Bruce K. Rutherford. The discussion will be moderated by Markus Loewe of the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).

About the Speakers:

Robert Springborg is Research Fellow at the Italian Institute of International Affairs and an Adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University. He has held various academic and consultancy positions focusing on the Middle East, including the MBI Al Jaber Chair in Middle East Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and Director of the American Research Center in Egypt. He was a Professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School. He served as a consultant on Middle East governance and politics for USAID, the U.S. State Department, the UNDP, and various UK government departments.

May Darwich is associate professor in International Relations of the Middle East at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. She is author of Threats and Alliances in the Middle East: Saudi and Syrian Policies in a Turbulent Region (Cambridge University Press, 2019). Her research attempts to bring Middle East cases to debates within IR theory with research interests including threat perception and alliance politics, identity and foreign policy in the international relations of the Middle East.

Bruce K. Rutherford is associate professor of political science at Colgate University. He is the author of Egypt after Mubarak: Liberalism, Islam, and Democracy in the Arab World (Princeton, 2008 and 2013) as well as several articles and chapters on Egyptian politics. He has held visiting research fellowships at Harvard Law School, Princeton University, and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.

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