Links 7-17 October 2016

• LSE Middle East Centre – The Danger of Analogical Myths: Explaining the Power and Consequences of the Sykes-Picot Delusion
  Toby Dodge
• Turkey’s Thirty-Year Coup - The New Yorker
• Meet the Man Who Should Be the Next Secretary of State | The Nation
  Over the top fawning interview of the nonetheless quite sharp Chas Freeman
• Cairobserver — British Museum Announces Modern Egypt Collection
  This looks cool.
• Morocco tipped off Israeli intelligence, 'helped Israel win Six Day War' | The Times of Israel
  Story seems rather exaggerated, and does not address why H2 did this.
• In Somalia, U.S. Escalates a Shadow War - The New York Times
• The Middle East and the Next Administration « LobeLog
  Chas Freeman
• Putin, Syria, and Why Moscow Has Gone War-Crazy - The New Yorker
• Saudi Arabia, Where Even Milk Depends on Oil, Struggles to Remake Its Economy - The New York Times
• Egyptian teenagers risk their lives to join migrant flow to Europe
• IRIN | Egypt boat disaster shines light on new migration trend
• Elsewhere…
  Mahmoud Salem, channeling what many feel in Egypt
• The Copt’s Patrimony
• Video of Egyptian driver lamenting state of country goes viral | Middle East Eye
• Here’s why Assad’s army can’t win the war in Syria — Conflict Intelligence Team
  Scathing assessment by a Russian analyst
• Youth Radicalisation in Egypt and the Complicated Relationship to Violence | Arab Reform Initiative
• Strapped for dollars and flooded with rice, Egypt to import more anyway | Reuters
  Interesting on the dysfunctions of Egypt's supply system
• Au Maroc, le palais royal reste maître du jeu politique
  Nabil Mouline.
• Olivier Roy : « La mort fait partie du projet djihadiste »
  On nihilism in jihadism.
• Islamic State Announce Start of Algerian Operations - Tunisia Live
• A Breakthrough for Russia and the Regime in Syria - TIMEP
  Hassan Hassan sees a checkmate for Moscow.
• Russia and Turkey agree gas pipeline deal
• The Saudis’ strategic failure
  On oil strategy.
• Egypt denies talks on hosting Russian airbase — RT News
  So some other arrangement envisaged, like Cairo West airbase for the US?
• 'Miss Upper Egypt' beauty pageant cancelled after threats of violence
• Saudi Aramco informed Egypt about suspending oil product supply: official | Reuters
  This wouldn't have to do with that UN vote on Syria?
• Ethiopia Alleges Oromo Protesters Receiving Support From Egypt - Bloomberg
• Russian Paratroopers Set to Leave for Joint Drills in Egypt for First Time
• How social media undermined Egypt’s democratic transition - The Washington Post