Marc van Oudheusden

Marc van Oudheusden is a contributing analyst at Open Briefing, the world’s first civil society intelligence agency. Marc’s special interest is political and security threat analysis for the Middle East: he has a master’s degree in Arabic Language & Culture and he serves as strategic adviser to the Arab-West Report in Cairo.

Untangling Egypt's web of political and economic challenges

Minimising IMF financial support through access to Gulf State finance allows Morsi to craft new political narratives that reject views of Egypt as a US client state and redefines Egypt within a framework of Arab nationalism and centre-right political Islam.

By Marc van Oudheusden and Scott Hickie

/ 23 May 2013