Congress bucks Biden, blocks $75 million in military aid to Egypt
A leading Democratic senator rejected the notion that Cairo has made efforts to improve its human rights record in the past year.
A leading Democratic senator rejected the notion that Cairo has made efforts to improve its human rights record in the past year.
CENTCOM Commander McKenzie unofficially announced the sale of F-15s to Egypt, despite congressional criticism.
President Biden can course correct if he adheres to his own stated foreign policy priorities.
Washington must stop rewarding this strongman, whose tyrannical government tortures children and makes a mockery of justice.
Tel Aviv has been canny about keeping its neighborhood undemocratic, and the balance of power in its favor.
On a day in which many are reflecting on their failed democratic revolution, Biden gives the authoritarian now in power more weapons.
Recent regional developments are being driven by local dynamics, not great power rivalry. But China’s role in the Middle East is sure to grow.
The DOJ just charged a man in New York with spying on critics of Egyptian President al-Sisi. But what about the guys pulling the strings?
Regional responses have been unclear, reactionary, and in some cases supportive of the recent military coup.
Interesting signs that the region’s powers are less interested in armed conflict than they are about forms of gaining influence today.
All signals point to no real arm twisting during the first high level meeting with MBS, who has been linked to the journalist’s murder.
It appears that Washington may be open to sending Egyptian gas and Jordanian electricity to the economically strapped country via Syria.
The president’s actions speak louder than his lofty rhetoric on democracy and human rights, as autocrats cash in.
They need not worry, as the Biden administration is still selling arms to the biggest violators in the Gulf.
The Tunisian president will probably look to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia for support, and other Arab states such as Egypt.
Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan have so far failed to come to terms on the still unfinished project.
A flurry of recent diplomacy suggests efforts underway to mend the rivalries that have fueled Arab wars over the past decade.
El Beblawi is one of Egypt’s most notorious human rights abusers, and yet arms sales to Cairo seem to come first.
The two countries might have a common interest in moving away from the foreign policies that their respective leaders have advanced.
The 2011 uprisings lacked a transnational movement strong enough to challenge powerful despots and their friends in Washington.
Cairo may be making nice to appease Washington, but that’s better than the alternative.