documentThere is also Ayman NourHouse Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)1 pp.
founder of Al-Ghad Party. Nour came in a distant second to former President Hosni Mubarak in 2005 and spent the subsequent four years in prison on politically motivated charges. Known as a born politician and an effective campaigner
documentThere is also Mohamed ElBaradeiHouse Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)1 pp.
the former director of the International Atomic Energy Agency and Nobel Prize winner. While respected for his clear articulation of liberal political stances and courage in openly criticizing the Mubarak regime
documentAlready some candidates have announced they will run. Most prominent include the following: Amr MoussaHouse Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)1 pp.
the former foreign minister and current secretary-general of the Arab League. While popular for his Arab nationalist stances
documentUnder new nomination procedures contained in the constitutional amendmentsHouse Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)1 pp.
a party that gains at least a single seat in the upcoming parliamentary elections will be able to nominate a candidate. (If the Muslim Brotherhood is able to form a party and does gain seats
documentThe SCAF initially suggested that it might hold the presidential election in the late summer or early fall; if parliamentary elections are postponed until SeptemberHouse Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)1 pp.
then the presidential election might be pushed back until the end of the year.
documentThe SCAF has also suggested that parliamentary elections will be held before presidential elections. Last weekHouse Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)1 pp.
one of its members argued forcefully that attempts to reverse the sequence and have the president elected first (as some have suggested would be preferable because parliamentary elections will be much more complicated than presidential elec...
documentThe committee that drafted the amendments also prepared amendments to various laws in order to bring them into conformance with the new provisions. HoweverHouse Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)1 pp.
announcement of the changes was postponed until after the referendum. The SCAF is expected to issue those laws
documentThe voter turnout was impressive by Egyptian standards – 41 percent of eligible votersHouse Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)1 pp.
at least double the turnout in any previous national election or referendum – and the victory was overwhelming at 77 percent of voters. But opponents attracted enough votes to make the outcome seem less like the predictable landslides of th...
documentThe supporters of outside intervention believe that they are battling not just to stop atrocities in Libya itselfHouse Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)1 pp.
but to lay down a marker for the future. They want to show that the age when a dictator could massacre his own citizens is coming to a close. Bernard Henri-Lévy
documentRobert D. Blackwill is Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served as deputy national security adviser for strategic planningHouse Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)1 pp.
ambassador to India and presidential envoy to Iraq in the George W. Bush administration.
documentBut the administration’s record of failure is equally as long. It has not seriously tackled our deficit and debt problemHouse Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)1 pp.
the single greatest threat to long-term U.S. power and influence. It is now mishandling relations with the Gulf Arab monarchs and made a mess of the Middle East peace process. It has allowed the U.S.-Turkey relationship to reach historic lo...
documentThis edifice may now be crumblingHouse Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)1 pp.
and the United States would be wise to spend a little less time thinking about Libya and a little more time thinking about a state that truly has implications on U.S. national interests. If things go south in Syria
documentThe protesters have in fact challenged the fundamentals of Syria's security stateHouse Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)1 pp.
a harsh system of controls over every aspect of society
documentIn response to the public unrestHouse Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)1 pp.
the regime has released some political prisoners and pledged to end the state of emergency in force since 1963. A government spokeswoman has hinted that coming reforms will include greater freedom for the press and the right to form politic...
