The Pope and the Grand Sheikh of Al Azhar Show the Way Forward
Relations with Al Azhar also were put on pause after Pope Benedict called for the protection of Egyptian Christians after an attack on a Coptic church in 2011.
Is This the Geopolitical Moment Africa Has Long Anticipated?
Prime examples include the competition between Nigeria and South Africa for unofficial leadership of pan-Africanism, the confrontation of Egypt and Ethiopia over control of the Nile River Valley, and long-simmering tensions pitting Algeria against Morocco in North Africa and Kenya against Tanzania in East Africa.
Israel’s No-State Solution in Palestine: How Should the Palestinians Respond?
Read: We Cannot Use Victimhood to Justify Victimizing Others: An Interview with Alice RothchildPalestinians who remained in the Gaza Strip fell under Egyptian control and those who remained in the West Bank fell under Jordanian control.
Crises in Morocco and Tunisia: Is This Really the End of Political Islam?
hen the news circulated that Morocco's leading political group, the Development and Justice Party (PJD), has been trounced in the latest elections, held in September, official media mouthpieces in Egypt celebrated the news as if the PJD's defeat was, in itself, a blow to the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood movement.
A Dissident to Lead All Dissidents: The Legacy of Jamal Khashoggi
VIDEO: The Dissident - Official TrailerAccording to Ayman Nour, Khashoggi’s friend and Egyptian politician who ran against Hosni Mubarak in the 2005 presidential election, the January 25 revolution in Egypt was a turning point in Khashoggi’s life.
“I Escaped Israel’s Prisons Three Times” – An Interview with Hamza Younis
Then, I went to Egypt and worked there for a while until I recovered from my wounds.
Realpolitik vs. Idealpolitik: Turkey-Gulf Re-friending after a Decade-Long Rivalry
Read: The Straw That Might Break the Camel’s Back in Saudi-UAE RelationsHowever, the harmony that Turkey and the GCC enjoyed ended fairly soon with the Arab uprisings, especially after Egypt’s military takeover in 2013.
Sudan and Turkey Head towards Strategic Cooperation?
A series of normalization moves have taken place between Saudi Arabia and Iran, Egypt and Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, Turkey and the UAE, and Turkey and Sudan, which would have been impossible a few months back.
Al-Kadhimi’s Dashing Hopes: Regional Security Conference Held in Baghdad
”Read: Summits between Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt Signal a New Regional BlocIraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein indicated that the Saudi-Iranian meetings are continuing and that they began in Baghdad with a meeting that took place between the ruler of Dubai and the Iranian foreign minister.
Post-Islamism in the Muslim World
Although the discussions on post-Islamism were more concerned with Iran, Egypt, and Turkey, after the downfall of the Baathist regime, Iraq also entered the current scholarship on post-Islamism.
How to Read Russian Expansionism in Africa
Thus, Russia is turning to countries in Africa with which it had close ties during the Soviet period, especially in North Africa and the Horn of Africa, and has already signed economic and military agreements with Egypt, Algeria, Mauritania, Ethiopia, Mozambique, and the Central African Republic.
Adding Fuel to Fire: The Politics of Power Outages in Gaza
Gaza depends on other sources to cover the rest of its needs including two Egyptian and Israeli supply lines.
On Colonialism and Solidarity: The Decisive Israel-Palestine Battle under way in Africa
This started with the Egyptian government's signing of the Camp David Agreement, in 1978-79 and, later, the Oslo Accords between the Palestinian leadership and Israel, in 1993.
Biden Won’t Treat Saudi Arabia Like a “Pariah”
The Biden administration worked closely with Egypt amid the 11-day Gaza-Israel war of May 2021.
Turkey’s UAV Breakthrough Creates Another Path to MENA
Moreover, several Middle Eastern and African countries such as Saudi Arabia, Somalia, and Egypt expressed interest in purchasing the Turkish UAVs in the future.
Understanding the Tunisian Coup: Actors and Implications
Among the countries that supported Saied's measures immediately after they were announced, are two countries that have great interests in Libya, which outweigh their interests in Tunisia – namely, Egypt and the UAE.
The Gamesmanship of Straits in Global Politics
The Suez Canal is a man-made sea passage in Egypt, connecting Europe and Asia through the Red Sea.
The Geopolitics of Turkey’s Gas Discoveries in the Black Sea
For instance, in Egypt’s Zohr field, which was discovered in mid-2015, production started at the end of 2017, approximately 28 months after the discovery.
With Jerusalem, Hezbollah Is Now Playing Catch-up
By the time Hezbollah was up and running in the 1980s, Israel had beat the conventional armies of the Sunni-dominated Arab world into subjugation and two out of its four neighboring Arab states, Egypt and Jordan, were on the path to sign peace treaties with it.
GCC-Damascus Rapprochement Can Pit Syria Against Turkey Even Further
ollowing the First Gulf War, the foreign ministers of Syria, Egypt, and the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), namely Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), met in Damascus and agreed on a new security cooperation initiative for the Gulf which came to be known as the “Damascus Declaration.
