Egypt Security Sector Report

This week’s dispatch includes updates and analysis on Cairo’s declining influence in the Horn of Africa, the sale of Ras el-Hikma to the Emiratis, Palestine diplomacy, labor protests, surveillance, Egypt’s kangaroo courts, relations with Sudan, foreign military cooperation, and sectarian discrimination against Christians.

📁 A regional hegemon in decline

I published an article on how the escalating tensions in the Red Sea have exposed Cairo’s dwindling influence in the Horn of Africa.

📁 Why are the Gulf states 'buying up' Egypt's coastline?

I was interviewed by Deutsche Welle on the recent Ras el-Hikma deal with the Emiratis.