Egypt

  • Feb 20, 2018
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Egypt gas hub goal may be over-ambitious

A 15-billion-dollar gas import contract with Israel may have an eye to Egypt’s regional hub ambitions

Egypt
  • Feb 14, 2018
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Egypt political arrests suggest military is divided

The military has now arrested the aide a former chief of staff who tried to run for the presidency

Egypt
  • Feb 13, 2018
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Egypt insecurity will persist through Sisi’s new term

The president has ordered a new mass operation in the Sinai peninsula against salafi-jihadist groups

Egypt
  • Feb 7, 2018
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Shifting Middle East geopolitics risk more instability

Changes in US and Russian policy since 2015 have triggered shifts in the regional balance of power

Middle East
  • Feb 5, 2018
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Israel's Sinai operations will continue unacknowledged

Reports emerged over the weekend that Israel has been carrying covert air operations against militants in Egypt's Sinai

Egypt
  • Jan 30, 2018
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Unfair Egyptian election will dampen voter turnout

The regime has removed all potential challengers to the incumbent from the race for the presidency

Egypt
  • Jan 29, 2018
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Egypt’s new capital will not help the housing crisis

The president’s mega-project to create a new administrative capital is unlikely to have the desired effects

Egypt
  • Jan 25, 2018
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Political variables may delay Middle Eastern elections

Polls in the Middle East and North Africa rarely transfer power, but are still important tools of political contestation

Middle East