Egypt’s Sisi Is Getting Pretty Good … at Being a Dictator
But will the army continue to back the president if the economy starts to tank?
BY MAY 22, 2015
The outrageous death sentences in Egypt over the weekend, and the muted reaction from Western governments, suggest that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has cemented a ruling coalition that will propel him out of a transitional phase into a long-term project of power consolidation.
