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Egypt remains one of the most important countries in the Middle East and is a major interlocutor between the Arab and the western worlds. Having made peace with Israel in 1979, Egypt is likely to be a major player in any future resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But Egypt's internal stability has been preserved at the cost of stagnation in domestic political life. During the 1990s the state was challenged by an Islamic insurgency, and today an economic downturn, coming on top of acute demographic pressure, is putting an unreformed political system under increasing strain. In addition, having experienced only three Presidents since the revolution of 1952, Egypt now faces the uncertainty of the succession to President Mubarak, in power since 1981. The question Crisis Group addresses is how Egypt can now cope with the accumulating challenges of overdue political and economic reform.

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