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Egypt: GERD Crisis after Security Council.. Alternatives & Options

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesForeign RelationsMahmoud GamalPaper
July 28, 2021 13:54 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-gerd-crisis-after-security-council-alternatives-options/ Throughout the past period, particularly after the political negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) came to a dead end between Ethiopia, the only beneficiary of the GERD construction, on the one hand, and Egypt...

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Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan: A new partnership 30 years in the making?

2021Bruce RiedalDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsHealthKatherine HarveyPaperThe Brookings Institution
July 05, 2021 13:59 pm
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Source: Brookings Author(s): Bruce Riedel and Katherine Harvey Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/07/02/egypt-iraq-and-jordan-a-new-partnership-30-years-in-the-making/ In April, the news that Iraq was mediating between longtime rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran captivated Middle East watchers. Iraq’s new role as a Saudi-Iran intermediary comes as the Saudis have...

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The Second Filling of the GERD Reservoir

2021Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEconomyEgyptForeign RelationsMarina OttawayPaperWilson Centre
July 02, 2021 13:50 pm
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Source: Wilson Center Author(s): Marina Ottaway Original Link: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/second-filling-gerd-reservoir The conflict between Egypt and Sudan on one side and Ethiopia on the other has been simmering for ten years, since Ethiopia started construction of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile in 2011. The Blue Nile (or Abay River to Ethiopians)...

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Does Qatar’s Return to the Arab World Run through Egypt?

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsOfir WinterPaperThe Institute For National Security StudiesYoel Guzansky
June 30, 2021 13:38 pm
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Source: The Institute for National Security Studies Author(s): Yoel Guzansky and Ofir Winter Original Link: https://www.inss.org.il/publication/egypt-qatar/ Recent months have witnessed changes in inter-Arab dynamics in general, and in relations between Qatar and Egypt in particular, which have been tense and even hostile in recent years. Warming relations between Doha and the Arab Quartet...

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Shift in Middle East Interactions: the case of Egypt and Qatar

2021Baraah Al-HamdoCulture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptEgyptian Institute For StudiesForeign RelationsPaper
June 30, 2021 13:37 pm
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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Baraah Al-Hamdo Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/shift-in-middle-east-interactions-the-case-of-egypt-and-qatar/ With the US President Joe Biden’s access to the White House in January 2021, some Arab countries made numerous decisions that brought about changes in their foreign policy orientations, and partly broke  the political stalemate...

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Egypt’s Nile strategy

2021Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMohammed SolimanPaper
June 28, 2021 13:29 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mohammed Soliman Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/publications/egypts-nile-strategy Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan are caught in a dangerous deadlock over the Nile River and despite what the international community seems to think, the risk of military confrontation among the three nations is not at all far-fetched. Addis Ababa began the second phase of...

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Egypt and Sudan look to the UN in the long-running GERD dispute

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
June 28, 2021 13:27 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-us-airstrikes-iraqi-militias-and-risk-escalatory-spiral#mabrouk With the second unilateral filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) underway, on June 25, Egypt’s minister of foreign affairs, Sameh Shoukry, announced that the country had sent a letter to the U.N...

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Doubts Surround Egypt’s Draft National Human Rights Strategy

2021Arab Center Washington DCCharles DunneDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsPaper
June 24, 2021 13:38 pm
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Source: Arab Center Washington DC Author(s): Charles W. Dunne Original Link: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/doubts-surround-egypts-draft-national-human-rights-strategy/ Long hounded by international criticism of its deteriorating human rights record, the government of Egypt is preparing to respond by launching a new national human rights strategy. The strategy appears to be aimed not...

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How Sisi Beat Biden’s Human Rights Policy

2021Council On Foreign RelationsDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsHuman RightsPaperSteven A. Cook
June 23, 2021 13:56 pm
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Source: Steven A. Cook Author(s): Council on Foreign Relations Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/article/how-sisi-beat-bidens-human-rights-policy Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has had a few good months. The Turkish government has been bending over backward to improve bilateral ties that have been badly strained since Egypt’s July 2013 coup. Egypt’s diplomats have been involved in...

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Egypt ramps up Libya diplomacy

2021Democracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsMiddle East InstituteMirette F. Mabrouk Mirette F. Mabrouk Paper
June 21, 2021 13:52 pm
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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-no-surprises-irans-election-what-comes-next#mabrouk While Egypt has been shifting into overdrive with its shuttle diplomacy with Nile Basin countries, it has been just as active in its immediate neighborhood. Read more at original link

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Expert Q&A – Beyond Rhetoric: How Should the Biden Administration Support Human Rights and Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa?

2021Amy HawthorneDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptForeign RelationsHanan AbdulhadiHuman RightsMohamed LotfyPaperPomed
June 17, 2021 14:08 pm
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Source: Project on Middle East Democracy Author(s): Hanan Abdulhadi, Amy Hawthorne and Mohamed Lotfy Original Link: https://pomed.org/expert-qa-beyond-rhetoric-how-should-the-biden-administration-support-human-rights-and-democracy-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa/#egypt Improving Egypt’s human rights record is a steep climb. The security apparatus has effectively nationalized the public...

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