Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Deborah Lehr Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/green-financing-egypt The green movement has been slow to catch on in Egypt, but the January announcement by the Egyptian government that it is finalizing plans to launch the country’s first green bonds could provide the financial incentives to further promote sustainable...
Learn MoreSource: Middle East Institute Author(s): Sarah El Battouty Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/sustainable-development-unavoidable-path-egypts-future Egypt has realized a significant number of changes in healthcare, education, and economic reform policy over the past decade. It is also increasingly looking toward policy for development that emphasizes cohesive problem solving, in...
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Author(s): Nathan Toronto Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/80901 In Libya, Egypt is in a sort of debtor’s prison. Given the trajectory of the Middle East and North Africa since the so-called Arab Spring a decade ago, not to mention the 1,158 kilometer border shared with Libya and arms flows from the country to Sinai, Egypt’s involvement in
Learn MoreSource: Chatham House Author(s): Dr. Mohammed Masbah and Mohamed El Dahshan Original Link: https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/synergy-north-africa-furthering-cooperation Discussions of North African integration have evoked ideas of a shared identity and a common destiny in the region. However, recent attempts to build regional blocs in North Africa have been unsuccessful. This paper...
Learn MoreSource: The Institute for National Security Studies Author(s): Ofir Winter Original Link: https://www.inss.org.il/publication/under-mediterranean-skies-channels-for-deepening-israel-egypt-relations/?offset=0&posts=undefined&outher=undefined&from_date=undefined&to_date=undefined On January 15, 2020, Minister of Energy Yuval Steinitz and his Egyptian counterpart, Tarek el-Molla...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Madamasr Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2020/01/16/feature/politics/egyptian-official-ethiopia-dam-negotiations-in-washington-a-disaster/ Three days of negotiations in Washington between the foreign and irrigation ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan ended on Wednesday without an agreement over the filling schedule for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Hussein Duqeil Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/reality-of-tourism-in-egypt-bet-wttc-and-government/ Tourism plays a significant role in the Egyptian economy, as it represents, according to government reports, more than 15% of GDP during FY2018/2019. According to a report by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC)...
Learn MoreSource: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/2020-middle-east-preview-uncertainty-turbulence-and-escalation-iran The only prediction that one can make for certain for Egypt’s coming year is that it will be a hectic one. Read more at original link
Learn MoreSource: Carnegie Author(s): Sherif Mohyeldeen and Noha Khaled Original Link: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/80585 Among the hundreds of chants by Arab protestors in Algeria, Sudan, Iraq, and Lebanon during recent months of demonstrations, in what may be considered a second wave of the so-called Arab Spring, those directed against Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi have been...
Learn MoreSource: European Council on Foreign Relations Author(s): Adel Abdel Ghafar Original Link: https://www.ecfr.eu/specials/mapping_eu_leverage_mena/egypt Since the removal of Hosni Mubarak as Egypt’s president in 2011, Europe’s objectives and influence in the country have undergone a series of fluctuations. Under Mubarak, Egypt had a fairly straightforward relationship with Europe. This...
Learn MoreSource: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Adel Rafik Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-sudan-impasse-under-gerd-declaration-of-principles/ This report, published on the official page of Prof. Dr. Ahmed El-Mofti, a Sudanese academic and legal water expert who was member of the International Commission overseeing GERD, consists of two main parts, as follows: –...
Learn MoreSource: Washington Institute Author(s): Angie Omar Original Link: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/the-road-to-egypts-6th-of-october Egypt, with all its variety, novelty, and antiquity, also happens to have a sophisticated Uber service. On a quick Uber trip from Cairo’s Abdeen neighborhood to the 6th of October city in Giza governorate, I had the chance to ride with a...
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