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Praetorian Spearhead: the Role of the Military in the Evolution of Egypt’s State Capitalism 3.0

Military involvement in the Egyptian economy is giving rise to a new version of state capitalism.

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By Yezid Sayigh
Published on Jan 21, 2021
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Yezid Sayigh
Senior Fellow, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
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