Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 9:30 - 11:00 AM EDT - Zoom
Egypt's New Authoritarian Republic
by Arab Center Washington DC
This webinar will also be livestreamed on our website
Speakers
Sahar Aziz - Distinguished Professor of Law; Chancellor's Social Justice Scholar; and Founding Director of the Center for Security, Race and Rights, Rutgers University Law School
Nathan Brown - Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University
May Darwich - Associate Professor of International Relations of the Middle East, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Abdel-Fattah Mady - Professor of Political Science and Chair of the State and Political Systems Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Robert Springborg - Nonresident Research Fellow, Italian Institute of International Affairs; Adjunct Professor in the School of International Studies, Simon Fraser University
Moderator Amy Hawthorne - Middle East Expert; Editor, Arab Center Washington DC
About the Webinar
Arab Center Washington DC and the Center for Security, Race and Rights at Rutgers University Law School are organizing a webinar to explore the rise and consolidation of authoritarianism in Egypt under President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi and assess their internal and external implications. The webinar will feature the editors of Egypt’s New Authoritarian Republic, joined by contributing authors and leading experts, to examine the regime’s strategies of political control, repression, and legitimation. The discussion will also address the restructuring of state institutions, the securitization of public life, and the marginalization of opposition forces, alongside the regime’s appeals to stability, counterterrorism, and economic modernization. Particular attention will be given to the implications for governance, human rights, and US-Egypt relations, as well as the broader lessons for understanding authoritarian resilience in the Middle East.
This webinar will also be livestreamed on our website