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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi addresses those participating in his government's national dialogue event via video conference on May 3, 2023. 

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The government's tightly-controlled dialogue may leave room for minor economic reforms, but it's unlikely to produce the serious political changes more Egyptians are demanding.

In Egypt, a National Dialogue in Name Only

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is seen on the sidelines of the COP27 summit on Nov. 11, 2022.

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The scheme highlights the tricky balancing act Cairo finds itself in, as it tries to reduce its reliance on Washington without jeopardizing its access to vital U.S. aid.

The Significance of Egypt’s Scrapped Plan to Make Rockets for Russia

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (2nd L) and Libya's Tripoli-based Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah (3rd L) attend an agreement-signing ceremony between Italian multinational oil and gas company Eni and the Libyan National Oil Corporation in Tripoli, Libya, on Jan. 28, 2023.

As Europe turns away from Russian energy, Italy positions itself as a natural gas conduit between the Continent and Africa.

With Energy Deals in Africa, Italy Positions Itself as Europe's Next Gas Hub

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RANE Senior Middle East and North Africa Analyst Emily Hawthorne discusses the challenges and potential opportunities amid Egypt's currency crisis.

Essential Geopolitics: Egypt's Currency Crisis

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A supporter of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela waves the flag of Venezuela on Jan. 10, 2022, in Barinas, Venezuela. The four major political parties that comprise Venezuela's opposition coalition will vote Dec. 29 on a motion to eliminate the country's interim government.

A look at what the coming week will bring -- and a list of recommended RANE articles from the week that was.

The Weekly Rundown: Venezuela's Opposition Votes to Oust Guaido, Christmas Brings Currency to the Middle East

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Egyptian pounds on Aug. 25, 2022.

The Weekly Rundown: An Egypt-IMF Meeting, South Africa Votes on an Impeachment Inquiry

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Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani (2 L) speaks during the G-20 Finance Ministers Meeting on July 15, 2022, in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. Indonesia will host the annual G-20 summit on Nov. 15-16.

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The Weekly Rundown: Indonesia Hosts a G-20 Summit, Netanyahu Seeks to Build a New Government

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The Weekly Rundown: U.S. Midterm Elections, ASEAN Meets

People hold up placards during a climate protest outside investment firm BlackRock's office building in New York City on Oct. 29, 2022.

Financial institutions' push for more flexibility will slow the global energy transition and limit progress in the next U.N. climate summit. 

The Financial Sector Eases Its Commitments to U.N. Net-Zero Targets Ahead of COP27

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A general view shows the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, Ethiopia, on Feb. 19, 2022. 

The unilateral filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) risks setting a dangerous precedent for how the region's increasingly scarce water supplies will be governed.


The Long-Term Water Politics of Ethiopia's Nile River Mega-Dam

A bakery worker makes a delivery to bread stands in Cairo, Egypt, on May 9, 2022. In April, Egypt introduced price controls on commercially sold bread in response to the rising price of wheat. 

The fallout from the ongoing conflict is depleting Cairo's reserves by making imports more expensive, dampening tourism rates and spooking foreign investors.

Egypt's Economy Feels the Squeeze of a Prolonged Ukraine Crisis

How one attack in Egypt's northeastern Sinai shows the Islamic State Wilayat Sinai's durability.

Essential Geopolitics: Terror Attack in Sinai

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will visit Cairo, Egypt, on March 18, where he will meet with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to discuss bilateral relations and regional issues, Hurriyet Daily News reported on March 17.

Egypt, Turkey: Upcoming Meeting Signals Movement Toward Normalization

Egyptian foreign ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid said Egypt was launching a new consultation process with Turkey to "put relations back on track," the Daily Sabah reported on Feb. 28.

Egypt, Turkey: Countries to Deepen Rapprochement

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Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry visited Syria on Feb. 27, becoming the most senior Egyptian official to do so in more than a decade, Bloomberg has reported.

Syria: Egypt's Foreign Minister Makes Historic Visit Following Earthquake

Annual urban consumer price inflation in Egypt reached a five-year high of 25.8% in January, up from the 21.3% recorded in December, Reuters reported Feb. 9, citing the country's CAPMAS statistics authority.

Egypt: Headline Inflation Hit Five-Year High of 25.8% in January

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India and Egypt elevated their bilateral ties to a strategic partnership that will include political, economic and security aspects, The Hindu reported on Jan. 25.

India, Egypt: Countries Elevate Ties to Strategic Partnership

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Egypt's top Sunni institution, Al-Azhar, called on Muslims to boycott Swedish and Dutch products after Danish anti-Islam activist Rasmus Paludan burned copies of the Koran holy book on Jan. 21 in Stockholm, Sweden, and Dutch far-right leader Edwin Wagensveld ripped pages out of a Koran a day later, AP reported Jan. 25.

Egypt: Sunni Institution Calls for Boycott of Swedish and Dutch Products Over Koran Desecrations

The Egyptian pound crossed the threshold of 30 Egyptian pounds to the dollar, according to the official exchange rate of the Central Bank of Egypt, Bloomberg reported Jan. 11.

Egypt: Pound Depreciation Reaches New Low

Chinese President Xi Jinping is attending a Gulf Cooperation Coucil-China summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and then a broader China-Arab world summit, Agence France-Presse reported Dec. 9.

China, MENA: Summits Highlight Chinese Investment and Trade Across Arab World

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Covering an area that spans the entire width of the continent beginning at the Sahara Desert and ending at the southernmost tip of South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa is home to countless cultures, languages, religions, plants, animals and natural resources.

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Located in the northeast corner of Africa, Egypt lies at the heart of the Arab World. Comprised of mostly uninhabitable desert, 99 percent of the country's 93 million people live along the banks of the Nile River. This region, from the Aswan High Dam to the Mediterranean shore is Egypt's core.    The Nile, while not commercially navigable, forms the basis of Egypt's irrigation-dependent agricultural sector. The long, narrow stretch of population requires expensive infrastructure development — especially related to transportation, straining the capital-poor government's resources.     The desert topography demands a great deal of investment on a national scale necessitating a strong central state, helping to explain Egypt's history of authoritarian regimes beginning with the pharaohs.     Egypt's main geographic challenge has been to develop beyond the narrow Nile corridor and project power eastward. The Saharan desert has largely insulated the Nile core from its western flank and contained Egypt's westward expansion.    Egypt has been able to translate its strong central government and border with Israel into developing a relationship with the United States, the key foreign backer protecting the Suez Canal and the northern coastline. This area contains the majority of Egypt's offshore hydrocarbon reserves.    The Sinai Desert has traditionally been the overland route of foreign invasion, but its more manageable geography also accommodates Egyptian attempts to interact with the Levant and Arabian Peninsula and competition with Saudi Arabia for the role of regional Arab hegemon.

SITUATION REPORTS

Egypt, Turkey: Upcoming Meeting Signals Movement Toward Normalization

Egypt, Turkey: Countries to Deepen Rapprochement

Syria: Egypt's Foreign Minister Makes Historic Visit Following Earthquake

Egypt: Headline Inflation Hit Five-Year High of 25.8% in January

India, Egypt: Countries Elevate Ties to Strategic Partnership

Egypt: Sunni Institution Calls for Boycott of Swedish and Dutch Products Over Koran Desecrations

Egypt: Pound Depreciation Reaches New Low

China, MENA: Summits Highlight Chinese Investment and Trade Across Arab World

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