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Egypt’s President Sisi makes a comeback on the world stage with a three-stop European tour

2022Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsKhaled DawoudMiddle East InstitutePaper
August 05, 2022 14:04 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Khaled Dawoud Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/egypts-president-sisi-makes-comeback-world-stage-three-stop-european-tour Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi’s recent, six-day European tour, which took him to Germany, Serbia, and France (July 17-22), aimed to boost his image and status as a central player on the world stage despite...

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Sisi’s call for dialogue cautiously welcomed by Egypt’s opposition

2022Democracy and PoliticsEgyptKhaled DawoudMiddle East InstitutePaper
August 04, 2022 13:47 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Khaled Dawoud Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/sisis-call-dialogue-cautiously-welcomed-egypts-opposition As a journalist and former president of the Egyptian opposition Dostour Party, which was established by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohamed ElBaradei in 2012, I suffered 19 months of imprisonment without trial between September 2019 and...

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Grain takes center stage as Russian foreign minister visits Cairo on his African tour

2022Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
July 25, 2022 14:21 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/weekly-briefing-tunisian-referendum-test-presidents-legitimacy#mabrouk Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov touched down in Cairo on Sunday, July 24, for the first leg of his African charm offensive tour. Lavrov, who will also be visiting the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, and...

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Egypt as an Eastern Mediterranean power in the age of energy transition

2022Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptKarim ElgendyMiddle East InstitutePaper
July 19, 2022 15:42 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Karim Elgendy Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/egypt-eastern-mediterranean-power-age-energy-transition On June 17, the European Union (EU) signed a memorandum of understanding with both Egypt and Israel that creates a framework for Israel to expand its natural gas exports to Europe via Egypt. The EU also agreed with...

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Egypt’s parliament strikes back on the budget

2022Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
June 21, 2022 15:15 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/special-briefing-egypts-parliament-strikes-back-budget#mabrouk Egypt’s Parliament can usually be counted upon to be, if not precisely malleable, at least fairly cooperative. The June 19session, when Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait presented the 2022/2023 budget, was a stark departure from...

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Egypt and India: Time to rebuild relations

2022Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMohammed SolimanPaper
May 26, 2022 15:08 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mohammed Soliman Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/egypt-and-india-time-rebuild-relations Asia is undergoing a world-historical geopolitical transformation. The rise of the Indo-Pacific as a coherent geoeconomic and geopolitical system coincides with the rise of what this author has previously termed the “Indo-Abrahamic,” an emerging...

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Egypt’s Synergy Between Natural Gas and Green Energy Transition: Cairo’s Advances in LNG and Green Hydrogen are Shaping the COP 27 Agenda

2022Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsMichaël TanchumMiddle East InstitutePaper
May 05, 2022 14:16 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Michaël Tanchum Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/egypts-synergy-between-natural-gas-and-green-energy-transition-cairos-advances-lng-and Egypt’s energy policy is helping to change the terms of the global debate on climate change by demonstrating that there is a basic compatibility between developing domestic natural gas resources and...

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A sharp rise in inflation forces Egyptians to cut expenses

2022Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptKhaled DawoudMiddle East InstitutePaper
April 25, 2022 14:07 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Khaled Dawoud Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/sharp-rise-inflation-forces-egyptians-cut-expenses While the holy month of Ramadan is known for increased food consumption in Egypt and other Muslim-majority countries, Elham Mohamed, 40, a government employee, said it was very difficult for her just to make ends meet this year.  “I had...

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The Russia-Ukraine war might finally bring about a rise in Egypt’s bread prices

2022Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsKhaled DawoudMiddle East InstitutePaper
March 28, 2022 14:45 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Khaled Dawoud Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/russia-ukraine-war-might-finally-bring-about-rise-egypts-bread-prices At a small mosque in Cairo’s middle-class neighborhood of Agouza, the traditional Friday prayer sermon was not about how Muslims should behave, or proper religious practices. Instead, it was about bread, known in the local...

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Drones are re-engineering the geopolitics of the Middle East

2022Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMilitary AffairsMohammed SolimanPaper
March 07, 2022 15:19 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mohammed Soliman Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/drones-are-re-engineering-geopolitics-middle-east The Middle East is experiencing a seismic shift in its geopolitics: the dawn of the era of drones. From Syria to Libya and from Yemen to Iraq, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have altered the dynamics on the battlefield. Turkey and Iran...

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Getting complicated in a hurry: The implications for Egypt of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

2022Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
March 04, 2022 15:45 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/getting-complicated-hurry-implications-egypt-russias-invasion-ukraine A week after Russia invaded Ukraine, the economic and political ramifications for Egypt have evolved more rapidly, and comprehensively, than its policymakers would have wished. Read more at original link

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Expanding use of e-wallets in Egypt: Strengthening the social contract one transaction at a time

2022Alaa MazloumCulture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptMiddle East InstitutePaper
March 03, 2022 15:54 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Alaa Mazloum Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/expanding-use-e-wallets-egypt-strengthening-social-contract-one-transaction-time Egypt, like much of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), is experiencing an unprecedented digital transformation. Governments throughout the region are embracing emerging technologies, particularly in...

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