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The first round of Egypt鈥檚 presidential elections is scheduled for May 26 and 27 and only two candidates are running for the office鈥攍eftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi and former General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the man widely expected to win in a landslide. Since engineering the coup in July 2013 that overthrew Egypt鈥檚 first freely elected president, Muslim Brotherhood member Mohamed Morsi, Sisi has been the de facto head of the Egyptian government. It was hardly suprising when he resigned his commission in order to make an official run for the top spot. Given that it鈥檚 a foregone conclusion that Sisi will be the country鈥檚 next president, what will Egypt look like under his rule?
The serial failures of post-Mubarak regimes鈥攆rom the interim military government immediately following Mubarak鈥檚 fall to Morsi and then Sisi鈥檚 coup government鈥攕uggest that Egypt鈥檚 fundamental problems may be insoluble. Donors from the oil-rich Gulf states like Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates can delay the inevitable, but unless the country can address basic issues like slashing subsidies, encouraging investment, and privatizing industry, the Egyptian economy is headed for trouble. Further, with Sisi prosecuting wars against the Muslim Brotherhood and assorted Islamist groups in the Sinai, Egypt鈥檚 social situation is also precarious. Will Sisi鈥檚 Egypt spin out of control, or can he master the feat of governing the most populous and in many ways still most influential Arab state?
On May 16th, 华体会 Senior Fellow Lee Smith moderated a panel with 华体会 colleague Samuel Tadros and Mokhtar Awad on the the future of Sisi鈥檚 Egypt.
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