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Dispatches from Sharm el-Sheikh: Reviewing COP27 from the MENA perspective
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  • Commentary
  • Dispatches from Sharm el-Sheikh: Reviewing COP27 from the MENA perspective

    Participating in COP27 provided a unique opportunity to view the proceedings firsthand and evaluate the effectiveness of the meeting in advancing critical climate priorities that can alter the alarming trajectory of future climate change.

    November 29, 2022

    Egyptian “national dialogue” will kick off amid difficult domestic situation
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  • Analysis
  • Egyptian “national dialogue” will kick off amid difficult domestic situation

    The “national dialogue” that Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi called for more than five months ago has nearly concluded its lengthy preparatory stage, though the official launch has repeatedly been pushed back. It will be a rare chance for opposition parties to present alternative policies to those of the president. But whether the dialogue marks a genuine change in the regime’s authoritarian policies remains to be seen.

    October 20, 2022

    The I2U2 needs an ambitious tech agenda
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  • Analysis
  • The I2U2 needs an ambitious tech agenda

    Technology represents one potentially fruitful area where the I2U2 member states — Israel, India, the U.S. and the UAE — could cooperate together, expand their format to include more countries, deliver tangible results, and avoid agitating other global and regional powers.

    Two years on, what is the state of the Abraham Accords?
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  • Analysis
  • Two years on, what is the state of the Abraham Accords?

    Two years after the signing of the Abraham Accords, progress in developing relations between Israel and its Arab neighbors has achieved mixed results, opening up some greater cooperation in the security sphere but failing to change Arab publics’ minds due to the lack of movement on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

    Sisi’s call for dialogue cautiously welcomed by Egypt’s opposition
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  • Analysis
  • Sisi’s call for dialogue cautiously welcomed by Egypt’s opposition

    On Apr. 26, Egyptian President Sisi launched a call for political dialogue with all opposition parties except for the Muslim Brotherhood. Many opponents remain skeptical of the government’s recent change of heart. But some regime opponents have started being released from prison, and state media has again begun allowing critics of Sisi back on the air.

    August 8, 2022

    Egypt’s President Sisi makes a comeback on the world stage with a three-stop European tour
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  • Analysis
  • Egypt’s President Sisi makes a comeback on the world stage with a three-stop European tour

    Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi’s recent, six-day European tour, which took him to Germany, Serbia, and France, aimed to boost his image and status as a central player on the world stage despite widespread criticism of his regime’s human rights record.

    August 5, 2022