Can the New President Wake Egypt Up?

... plant on the Mediterranean coast in roughly the same place as this time around – to the west of Alexandria. The project was postponed first on environmental grounds, and then because of the revolution. The new Egyptian President, Field Marshal Abdul Fattah el-Sisi, who was inaugurated on 8 June, 2014 is in favour of close cooperation with Russia. Egypt’s former orientation towards the United States is giving way to attempts to diversify its foreign ties. The relations between Egypt and ...