It’s another quiet morning for Egypt in the international press, with coverage dominated by light pickup of Reuters copy on the investment act, the second tranche of the IMF loan and Amr El Garhy’s remarks on a second eurobond. Elsewhere this morning:

Successive governments’ reliance on declarations of a state of emergency has proven to be ineffectual in addressing security issues, Sherif Mohy Eldeen writes for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. For decades, the government has imposed the state of emergency for extended periods of time by alleging it is a necessary measure to combat violence and terrorism, rather than coming face-to-face with security forces’ shortcomings, Mohy Eldeen says. “As the attacks increase, it is not clear how the state of emergency would tackle the underlying problems it was adopted to address, yet it provides further justification for grave repression and abuse.”

…Also writing about Egypt for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is Nathan Brown. He says since 2013, politics in Egypt have been “grimly predictable, with authoritarianism reestablishing itself firmly in the country, challenged only at the margins, or through terrorism and insurgency.” However, Brown also says that state institutions are in conflict, as “there is a struggle for dominance as well, one in which the presidency’s short-term victories may not realize Sisi’s long-term interests.”

Other coverage worth noting in brief:

• Chinese dragon boat racing has started taking place in the Nile in Cairo, Xinhua reports.
• The cheaper EGP is attracting demand to Egypt’s housing sector and developers are trying to attract demand from Egyptian expats living in the GCC, AMEinfo reports.
• Sonia Farid asks if the recognition of baptism agreement signed between Pope Francis and Pope Tawadros is a solution for disagreements between the two churches or just cause for more debate in Al Arabiya.
• India is organizing a cultural festival in Egypt to mark the 156th birthday of the poet Rabindranath Tagore.