Egypt’s strategic importance has long led it to seek close trade and diplomatic ties with its neighbours and well beyond. Geography, history and culture link it to Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Since the 1970s, relations with the US have also been a significant element in policy-making, and ties with the Gulf states have benefitted from trade, investment and...
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Articles & Analysis | Boosting trade and enhancing security cooperation with neighbours and international partners from The Report: Egypt 2014
Articles & Analysis | A new programme will boost public and private investment in Upper Egypt from The Report: Egypt 2014
After two years of turbulence and an uncertain economic environment, new policy initiatives in Egypt have been – unsurprisingly – fairly limited, which makes the recent establishment of the Upper Egypt Development Initiative by the Ministry of Investment (MoI) all the more welcome. Bringing about a tangible rise in both public and private spending in Upper Egypt will not...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi from The Report: Egypt 2014
What are the main priorities that the government is looking to address in the coming year?
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Robert Walter MP, Chair, UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Egypt from The Report: Egypt 2014
Where do you see room for expanding bilateral economic cooperation between Egypt and the UK?
Articles & Analysis | An influential regional player with a relatively broad-based and growing economy from The Report: Egypt 2014
Egypt has for millennia been one of the most strategically important places on earth, and often one of its most culturally influential. Despite serious structural issues that have held back its economic development, and the past few years of political changes and instability, it remains a country of great global importance. At the meeting point of Asia, Africa and Europe...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, on promoting bilateral and strategic cooperation from The Report: Egypt 2014
China is firmly supporting Egypt's political transition process, and we are optimistic about Egypt's development prospects. In this context, China-Egypt relations are embracing important opportunities of the opening up of a new situation. The two countries should make full use of China-Arab and China-Africa coopera tion policies, pushing bilateral relations to new...