The 2011 revolution in Egypt unleashed a revolutionary storm throughout the region. It was the changes in this, the largest and most influential country socially and culturally, that aroused the neighbours who were intrigued, but not really inspired by the earlier experience ...
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Working paper prepared by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) within the project «Middle East: Political Dynamics and Russia’s Interests». The authors examine the main trends in the development of the political and economic situation in Egypt, analyze the state of Russian-Egyptian relations, lead recommendations for their further development, examine the role of Egypt through the prism of the exacerbation of regional conflicts and threats in the Middle East, analyze the prospects for ...
On October 29, 2015, RIAC and Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs (ECFA) with support of Egypt’s Embassy to Moscow held roundtable “
Russia-Egypt Cooperation: Bilateral and Regional Dimensions.
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The event attracted former Egyptian Foreign Minister (1991-2001) and ...
On October 28, 2015, Moscow was the venue for a public debate on Russia-Egypt relations and Middle East developments with participation of former Egyptian Foreign Minister (1991–2001) and Secretary-General of the Arab League (2001–2011) Amr Moussa.
Organized by RIAC with support of Egypt’s Embassy to Russia,...
Why Cairo is Turning to Moscow
Russia is working hard to bolster its diplomatic, economic and military clout in the Arab world along several tracks, among them through Egypt, a regional leader that has been
declared
by President Vladimir Putin as "a very promising country". For its part, Cairo is doing its best to expand cooperation with Moscow along political, military-technical, energy, trade, investment ...
The relationship seems to have returned to Mubarak’s times
The U.S.-Egypt strategic dialogue was reset on August 2 in Cairo which signifies restoration of a full-scale partnership of the two countries at the level of the Hosni Mubarak rule.
The bilateral relationship was shattered in July 2013 when the Egypt's top brass ...
... have to maintain regional order on their own. If there is a military conflict with Iran, the Americans will hardly leave the KSA to fight it alone, but Riyadh feels less than reassured.
The Saudi elite still seems impressed by the 2011 overthrow of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, who was unceremonially dumped by Washington despite their decades-long partnership. And the situation in Egypt went on to deteriorate. First the KSA-hostile Muslim Brotherhood came to power, and then, soon after his election,...
The official visit of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to Russia — his first overseas trip outside the Arab world since his election — and the outcome of his talks with President Vladimir Putin have clearly demonstrated the close links among the seemingly ...
Russia is about to receive another serious proposal from Egypt. Following the initiative to renew military-technical cooperation – negotiations on the matter began in the autumn of 2013 – plans are now afoot to build Egypt’s first nuclear power plant. Officially, a tender is to be announced,...
I. Egypt deserves Russian attention because of its long-lasting political relevance During the last three years the Egyptian state has lived through a revolution and a military coup, and has shifted from military dictatorship to Islamic democracy and then ...