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Cairo Seeks to Cool the Reactor of the Iranian Nuclear Crisis
From Muscat to Doha, from Tehran to Washington, and through coordination with the International Atomic Energy Agency, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has been conducting intensive diplomatic outreach in a preemptive effort to contain a potential explosion stemming from the Iranian nuclear program crisis. The pace of Egypt’s communications reveals a phased trajectory that began…
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Developments in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea… What Is Egypt Afraid Of?
Given its strategic position overlooking vital maritime routes and its direct connection to Red Sea security, the Horn of Africa represents one of the most influential geopolitical arenas affecting Egypt’s national security. The region’s importance has grown amid rapid political shifts within its states, rising regional pressures, and intensifying international competition to establish military bases…
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Sisi’s UAE Visit: Timing and Regional Stakes
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi made a short, unannounced trip to the United Arab Emirates, meeting with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The visit coincided with press reports suggesting differences between Egypt and the UAE over several regional files, including Sudan, Somalia, Libya and the Red Sea. The Egyptian presidency’s statement on…
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Through Riyadh and Cairo’s Gateway, Turkey Repositions Itself in the Arab World
The visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Saudi Arabia and Egypt was much more significant and substantive than a mere traditional visit. It rather signaled Ankara’s return to Arab heartland. In addition to closing the chapter on years of strained relations, the visit, according to observers, laid the foundations for a partnership based…
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Swapping the Suez Canal for Debt… A Controversial “Financial Engineering” Proposal
The Egyptian government is making strenuous efforts to change an economic reality shaped by years of borrowing and rising debt-servicing costs, amid a period of relative economic stability supported by the recent steadiness of the exchange rate. In this context, World Bank data revealed that Egypt’s external debt rose by about $2.48 billion during the…
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Will a New Alliance Be Born in the Middle East Tomorrow?
As part of efforts to expand and deepen regional cooperation, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to arrive in Saudi Arabia tomorrow, before heading to Egypt on Wednesday. While the region’s pressing crises have heightened the significance of Erdoğan’s first foreign trip of the year, attention has turned to whether the visit could open…
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Can Washington Save the Nile Basin From a Potential Confrontation?
A few days after sending a letter to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi regarding the dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would like to convene a meeting between the leaders of Egypt and Ethiopia to reach an agreement to resolve…
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A New Regional Troika Takes Shape in the Middle East
Since Ahmed al-Sharaa assumed the presidency in Syria in January 2025, relations between Egypt and Syria have been marked by coolness and caution. Cairo has attentively followed developments in Syria, focusing primarily on reaching security understandings to help ensure stability amid rapidly shifting regional dynamics. This engagement, however, largely remained confined to the security sphere.…
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Israel’s Somaliland Recognition Puts It at Odds with Egypt
In recent years, the world’s attention has drifted away from Somalia as major global crises consumed the military capacities of many countries and dominated their diplomatic focus. That preoccupation, however, has not altered Somalia’s reality. The fires beneath the ashes of its deep-seated problems have continued to smolder, including separatist tendencies, the activity of terrorist…
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A Gray-Zone Relationship: Egypt and Iran
For nearly four decades, Egyptian-Iranian relations have existed in a gray zone. At various points, contacts between Cairo and Tehran have taken place, but they never rose to a level of “normal” and sustained cooperation. At other times, relations appeared to go frosty and cautious, though they stopped short of a complete rupture. Today, several…