{"id":4230,"date":"2024-03-26T18:22:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T18:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=4230"},"modified":"2024-03-26T18:23:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T18:23:32","slug":"how-much-will-the-pandemic-change-egyptian-governance-and-for-how-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=4230","title":{"rendered":"How Much Will the Pandemic Change Egyptian Governance and for How Long?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Authors<\/b>: <\/span>Amr Hamzawy<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Nathan J. Brown<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Affiliation<\/b>: <\/span>Carnegie Endowment for International Peace<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Organization\/Publisher<\/b>: <\/span>Carnegie Endowment for International Peace<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Date\/Place: <\/b>July 23, 2020\/Washington DC, USA<\/span><\/p>

Type of Literature:<\/b> Article<\/span><\/p>

Word Count: <\/b>4471<\/span><\/p>

Link<\/b>: <\/span>https:\/\/carnegieendowment.org\/2020\/07\/23\/how-much-will-pandemic-change-egyptian-governance-and-for-how-long-pub-82353<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Keywords: <\/b>Egypt, Democracy, Governance, Political Reform<\/span><\/i><\/p>

Brief:<\/b><\/p>

Carnegie senior fellows <\/span>Amr Hamzawy<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Nathan J. Brown<\/span><\/a> question how the pandemic has influenced Egyptian governance, to what extent, and for how long it may last. The authors claim that the \u201clines of authority and responsibility\u201d have been reshaped by the challenges imposed by the pandemic. Although they believe that such changes are not radical and the regime has not become more democratic or liberal, this may result in enduring changes in the Egyptian governance system as a more technocratic model rather than a democratic system. The article underlines the shifts in the policymaking, information sharing, and politics and for how long it may continue in the future. The initial reactions of the regime represented the military as the main actors. Later, there has been a shift in response from being dominated by military and security institutions to the cabinet, including mainly the prime minister, with a notable shift in role and power delegation. Remarkably, the military and security institutions have been supporting the technocratic civilian leaders of the crisis. This shift has been extended to \u201cmid-level bureaucracy, local government, religious institutions, and professional associations.\u201d This shift towards decentralization represents an empowerment of civilian actors, who have passed from \u201ccrisis management\u201d to \u201congoing management.\u201d The door was also opened for non-state actors such as syndicates of doctors and nurses. To be clear, this doesn\u2019t indicate a rebirth of any kind of political activism representing any different social or political vision. Rather, it is a significant change of the governance system; in other words, it is a restricted change. This shift was mainly justified by the regime as it realized that managing the public space is more essential than national security management, and its realization of the threat faced by its personnel and leaders due to the magnitude of the costs of slow or late reaction to the pandemic. The authors conclude by evaluating whether these changes will be a tactical adjustment or strategic reorientation. They advocate that whether they are short or long-term changes, they are technocratic\u2014not democratic. Moreover, even if they are considered long term effects, most probably they will be reversible with few exceptions of survival. They predict a restricted return to a \u201cpre-2011\u201d Egypt, with more autonomy to state institutions, and more delegation of power and authority over policy coordination to the cabinet instead of the presidency, with long-term reverberation of trust.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>


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