by Nardine Ali / Cairo Egypt’s Foreign Minister lauded recent statements made by Turkey, saying they show Ankara’s interest in moving to a phase of political openness, which he hopes will lead to further positive action. During a telephone interview with the “Cairo Talk” TV program, Sameh Shoukry described Turkey’s suspension of the Muslim Brotherhood’s channels broadcasting from its territories ...
United World International presents the results of its international survey in West Asia on the Biden Administration. The report can be downloaded here: At the beginning of the 21st year of the 21st century, the undeniable reality is the creation of a multipolar world in the process. The balance of the world is changing and the United States loses its ...
By Nardine Ali A dead end for GERD talks, and a US’s abandonment for Cairo, Khartoum In a new round of prolonged negotiations, Egypt announced the failure of talks with Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), when Addis Ababa declared on February 10th its determination to commence the second phase of filling of the dam in next July. ...
By Nardine Ali (Cairo/Egypt) Cairo has recently signalled intensifying interest in negotiations between Israel-Palestine, a potential indication of the country’s desire to restore its historic role as the broker of the 73-year old conflict. On January 18, Egypt’s President Abdel Fatah Al Sisi headed to the Jordanian capital Amman to meet with King Abdullah II. A series of meetings were ...
It seems that the reconciliation that was announced at the Gulf summit in Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia, between the Arab Quartet countries (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Bahrain) and Qatar is nothing but a repeated chapter of relations between the two parties. With a quick look at the history of the crisis, we can be sure that all parties are still ...
It would be historically ignorant as well as ignorant of the influence of the Gulf in the region to simplify the matter by saying that the agreement that was reached between Qatar and other Gulf countries was a simple regional incident in which the disputes between the neighbors have suddenly vanished. The history of the Gulf is also the history ...
By Nardine Ali (Egypt) Egypt, finally, acknowledges Sarraj’s government in Libya In an unprecedented step that has overturned Libya’s political and military situations, Egypt has approached the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli, sparking approbation and discontent in several capitals around the world. The first Egyptian delegation to be sent to Tripoli in 6 years included the deputy Director ...
Ethiopia is on the verge of collapse due to internal tensions, which could result in serious problems for most of Africa, but opportunities for some. On December 27, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi announced that he would seek to conclude “a binding legal agreement” on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) with Sudan and Ethiopia. The Egyptian head of state ...
2020 has been a year that will be remembered for decades, even centuries. There might not be another year in which the worries and hopes of all the nations were so common. Billions of people’s lives have changed, people asked the same questions and had the same expectations at the same time around all seven seas. We have gathered some ...
Major global trends: COVID-19 The new coronavirus pandemic was the biggest problem for all humankind in 2020. What began as just another virus has become a pandemic on a scale comparable to the deadly Spanish flu a century ago. According to the WHO, 72.4 million people have been infected with the coronavirus. Coronavirus has become a major challenge to public ...