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The dimming prospects for GERD talks

2020Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
August 11, 2020 14:54 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-lebanons-moment-reckoning During the long-drawn-out negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Sudan has traditionally been perceived as the most easy-going of the parties, as compared to Egypt and Ethiopia. However, apparently there are limits to even the...

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Can a Red Zone Country Give a Green Light to Tourism in Sinai?

2020Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptOfir WinterPaperSinaiThe Institute For National Security StudiesTomer FadlonYoram Schweitzer
August 10, 2020 14:47 pm
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Source: The Institute for National Security Studies Author(s): Ofir Winter, Tomer Fadlon, Yoram Schweitzer Original Link: https://www.inss.org.il/publication/sinai-and-coronavirus/ In early July 2020, Egypt opened its borders in an effort to renew international tourism and stimulate its economy, initially in three governorates, including South Sinai. Egypt is not excluding the entry of...

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The controversy over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

2020Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsJohn Mukum MbakuPaperThe Brookings Institution
August 05, 2020 13:57 pm
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Source: Brookings Author(s): John Mukum Mbaku Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2020/08/05/the-controversy-over-the-grand-ethiopian-renaissance-dam/ Recently, the tensions among Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile have escalated, particularly after Ethiopia announced that it had started filling the GERD’s...

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Fact Sheet – U.S. Military Assistance to Egypt: Separating Fact from Fiction

2020EconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMilitary AffairsPaperPomed
July 30, 2020 15:11 pm
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Source: Project on Middle East Democracy Author(s): Project on Middle East Democracy Original Link: https://pomed.org/fact-sheet-u-s-military-assistance-to-egypt-separating-fact-from-fiction/ Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed its foreign affairs appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2021, which includes $1.3 billion in foreign military financing to Egypt, the same level of...

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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Egypt’s Military Options

2020Arab Center Washington DCCharles DunneDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMilitary AffairsPaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
July 30, 2020 13:53 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Charles W. Dunne Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/the-grand-ethiopian-renaissance-dam-and-egypts-military-options Just a month after Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry seemed to raise the possibility of military action to counter the threat to Egypt posed by the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, or GERD, President...

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Fact Sheet – What Does an Annual $1.3 Billion in Military Assistance to Egypt Buy American Taxpayers?

2020Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsPaperPomed
July 30, 2020 13:53 pm
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Source: Project on Middle East Democracy Author(s): Project on Middle East Democracy Original Link: https://pomed.org/fact-sheet-what-does-an-annual-1-3-billion-in-military-assistance-to-egypt-buy-american-taxpayers/ Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed its foreign affairs appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2021, which includes $1.3 billion in foreign military financing to...

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Renaissance Dam Negotiations .. from A to Z

2020Ahmed Al-MoftiDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesForeign RelationsPaper
July 29, 2020 14:09 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Ahmed Al-Mofti Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/renaissance-dam-negotiations-from-a-to-z/ The negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have gone through nine stages from 1995 to 23 July 2020. This article will address the nine phases comprehensively but at the same time briefly,.. Read more at original link

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Monday Briefing: GERD talks continue, but political will is still lacking

2020Democracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
July 27, 2020 14:08 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-gerd-talks-continue-political-will-still-lacking It’s never a good sign when negotiators differ on the desired outcomes of negotiations. Last week, hours after an African Union (AU) sponsored summit on the filling and operations of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)...

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Egyptian Natural Gas Uses bet. Global and Domestic Prices

2020Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomyEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesForeign RelationsMamdouh Al-WaliPaper
July 16, 2020 14:13 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mamdouh Al-Wali Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egyptian-natural-gas-uses-bet-global-and-domestic-prices/ According to Egypt’s energy consumption distribution during the past year, the natural gas came at the top with 54.5%; followed by oil, 38.6%; then hydropower, 3.1%; coal, 2.1%, and renewable energy (from the sun and wind) 1.5%. The...

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Water Woes

2020CarnegieCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMichele DunnePaperSecurity and Counter-Terrorism
July 14, 2020 14:54 pm
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Source: Carnegie Author(s): Michele Dunne Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/82289 Michele Dunne has prepared a short video on the dispute between Ethiopia and Egypt over Ethiopia’s construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Addis Ababa has just completed the dam and is now ready to fill it. In October 2017, Dunne and Katherine Pollock had written in Diwan about what was...

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Nile Basin’s GERD dispute creates risks for Egypt, Sudan, and beyond

2020Amal KandeelAtlantic CouncilCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsPaper
July 10, 2020 14:32 pm
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Source: Atlantic Council Author(s): Amal Kandeel Original Link: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/nile-basins-gerd-dispute-creates-risks-for-egypt-sudan-and-beyond/ Competition for the Nile Basin’s freshwater has been growing markedly for three decades. In 2011, it intensified after Ethiopia started building the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)—a mega-dam reportedly...

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