Egypt Rethinks Strategy as Ethiopia Prepares to Unveil GERD

How Egypt is wielding influence on a tight budget

Hafed Al-Ghwell Despite hemorrhaging nearly $10 billion in foreign reserves since 2020, and Suez Canal revenues that plunged 38 percent in early 2024 as a result of Houthi-linked Red Sea disruptions around the Horn of Africa, Egypt is playing a high-stakes regional game with remarkable tactical discipline. Cairo is pursuing an asymmetric strategy rooted in diplomatic agility, encirclement, and targeted military cooperation. At home, inflation re…

Egypt Rethinks Strategy as Ethiopia Prepares to Unveil GERD

… Ethiopia and Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia, and Djibouti and Eritrea to … Sherif Mansour, an Egyptian-American rights advocate, argues … to Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti, Sudan, and South Sudan with … plans to extend the network as far south as Tanzania …