Egypt

The United States has the opportunity to reshape its alliances and bolster lasting stability in the region—but only by ending a failed approach.

Geopolitics, water security, and health will keep the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam alive.

The massive Ethiopian dam is a flash point for tensions in Africa—and is now sowing confusion and discord within the U.S. government, with many officials concerned Washington is too much in Egypt’s corner.

How Sisi co-opted Egypt’s religious institutions for political gain.

The government tried to bury evidence of a national outbreak—until Egyptians forced it to confess.

Recently disbursed IMF funding will only help the Sisi regime and entrench its rule.

A House letter calls the arrests of an Egyptian American human rights advocate’s family a bid to “undermine” the U.S. judicial process.

Pro-democracy activists in authoritarian countries always pointed to the United States as a model. After police attacks on protesters, it has become increasingly hard to do so.

Limits on U.S. visibility come as the Pentagon considers pulling out of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula altogether.

European countries have suffered from the pandemic, but their southern and eastern neighbors are faring even worse—setting the stage for financial ruin, political instability, and a surge of refugees.

The pandemic has exposed the shortfalls of a government that has neglected the health sector for too long.

Annexing the West Bank would threaten Israel’s peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan, anger allies in the Gulf, undermine the Palestinian Authority, and endanger Israel as a Jewish democracy.

Governments around the world are banning fake news about the crisis—and cracking down on their critics while they’re at it.

The United States continues sending military aid to Egypt despite its worsening human rights situation. Could the death of a detained American change that?

By killing the Middle East’s sense of community, the region’s dictators have helped the pandemic on its death march.

Ethiopia and Egypt are at odds over a Nile dam. Washington should be helping them compromise, rather than doing Cairo’s bidding.

The eulogies for Egypt’s fourth president focused on his downfall, but history will remember his overlooked accomplishments while in office.

The Egyptian strongman’s presidency ended in 2011, but the factors that led to his political demise remain.